4/4 Cubs (Darvish) @ Braves (Fried) 6:20

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I think the next 6 months would be best spent rewatching the 2016 season.

 

Except for that stretch right before the All-Star break where we..............still looked better than this.

[gobigred]

Man can you imagine how much worse this would be if the 2016 comeback didn't happen

[d_money]

[Irrelevant Dude]

Nasty pitch.

[17 Seconds]

Man can you imagine how much worse this would be if the 2016 comeback didn't happen

 

if it's over, then 2016 will make up for it long-term. but right now it honestly does nothing for me.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Extend Zagunis!

[illiniguy]

Man can you imagine how much worse this would be if the 2016 comeback didn't happen

 

if it's over, then 2016 will make up for it long-term. but right now it honestly does nothing for me.

It's over. Bryant fell off of a cliff. I just hope he is dealt before it is very clear.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Man can you imagine how much worse this would be if the 2016 comeback didn't happen

 

Outside the box point: I think it would be totally different. I've always said that winning the biggest championship in sports history, and doing it the way they did, was bound to mess things up for the future. The team and its young players lost their edge just a bit and understandably so, and their talent was so good that they still win 90 plus games, but it wasn't the same.

 

ETA: And I wouldn't change a thing, of course.

[Hawk4Hall]

I fully expect down the road the Cubs will think they are trading for Hans Delbruck and Theo will somehow get Abby Normal.

[Irrelevant Dude]

In what bizarro bullpen is Chatwood the only guy who throws strikes?

[NWICubsFan]

When Tyler Chatwood is the least wild guy in your bullpen, you know you’re in trouble.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I'm old enough to remember when Bryant hit the ball in the air sometimes.

[17 Seconds]

so we're down to like baez and maybe contreras as our 2 good players

[Hairyducked Idiot]

They should hire Jim Hendry to be in charge of drafting and developing pitching. He was way better at it than they are.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Imagine taking an hbp for this team.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Imagine taking an hbp for this team.

I'd take a fastball to the noggin in the hopes it would make me forget this team.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

That opening day game thread is full of so much unbridled enthusiasm.

[Irrelevant Dude]

I don't know who on the Cubs can best deliver this (Bote? Zagunis?), but someone needs to...

 

We're in the goldarn major leagues, boys. I don't know about any of you, but I've been waiting my whole life to get here. And I'll be damned if I'm gonna act like my best pig died just cuz we ain't doin' so good. I love to play baseball and I'll bet, somewhere along the line, you all did too.

[17 Seconds]

I don't know who on the Cubs can best deliver this (Bote? Zagunis?), but someone needs to...

 

We're in the goldarn major leagues, boys. I don't know about any of you, but I've been waiting my whole life to get here. And I'll be damned if I'm gonna act like my best pig died just cuz we ain't doin' so good. I love to play baseball and I'll bet, somewhere along the line, you all did too.

 

it would clearly be zobrist

[Hairyducked Idiot]

That opening day game thread is full of so much unbridled enthusiasm.

 

I'm still pretty sure any game thread posted on March 28 is spring training.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Yu Darvish at 8.10 has the best ERA of any of the four Cubs pitchers to appear so far

[Aaron_Kennelly]

That opening day game thread is full of so much unbridled enthusiasm.

 

[ScrubMD]

There has to be someone out there who knows how to do the job of a pitching coach and isn't a racist horsefeathers. I mean, you'd think.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Being a racist probably isn't a disqualifier for the Cubs.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

What’s the record for most games out of 1st before a home opener?