4/1 Cubs (Hendricks) vs Pirates (Kuhl) 1:20 Marquee

[Andy]

OK, so I guess I'm just doing this? Less than 18 hours until first pitch and no thread so I'm just doing this.

 

Baseball's back and the Cubs open up against the worst team in the division and possibly in the league. The last time Kyle Hendricks pitched on opening day he tossed a shutout. That would be cool to see again, and probably will be common against these Pirates.

 

Win!

[Derwood]

Sammy Sofa fell asleep at the wheel with the game thread starter thread. Boo this man!

[Sammy Sofa]

Sammy Sofa fell asleep at the wheel with the game thread starter thread. Boo this man!

 

[Derwood]

Sammy Sofa fell asleep at the wheel with the game thread starter thread. Boo this man!

 

 

You can't resign from a job that you haven't done all year

[Cubswin11]

[Sammy Sofa]

Sammy Sofa fell asleep at the wheel with the game thread starter thread. Boo this man!

 

 

You can't resign from a job that you haven't done all year

 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

The Ricketts suck. Go Cubs!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I feel like this core has one last blaze of glory in it.

[Cubswin11]

I feel like this core has one last blaze of glory in it.

[Thurman Merman]

Oh look. Season is starting today. Cool. Cool cool cool.

[Sammy Sofa]

I feel like this core has one last blaze of glory in it.

 

A flaming car careening off of a cliff is technically a type of blaze of glory.

[squally1313]

I feel like this core has one last blaze of glory in it.

I see Kyle has moved his daily optimism from the Covid thread to here. I'll take it where I can get it I guess.

 

Might as well start out hot, and couldn't ask for a better way to do that than the Pirates at home, ignoring my Pirates over 58.5 bet. Take 4 or 5 from them the next couple weeks, split with the Brewers, and see what happens from there.

[Old Style]

My give a horsefeathers level has never been lower for Opening Day. That saddens me. Not even getting the Extra Innings package this year.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

yawn dot gif

[Sammy Sofa]

[UMFan83]

I remember when I couldnt sleep the night before opening day. Now I'm learning its opening day an hour after I wake up. Will be great to see people in Wrigley. Go Cubs

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I feel like this core has one last blaze of glory in it.

 

A flaming car careening off of a cliff is technically a type of blaze of glory.

[squally1313]

Happ

Willy

Rizzo

KB

Joc

Javy

Heyward

Bote

Kyle

[squally1313]

Nats/Mets postponed for COVID. Off to a good start!

[Cubswin11]

The lineup today actually fucks pretty hard

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The lineup today actually horsefeathers pretty hard

 

I'm curious how much the order evolves over the course of the season, but yeah that's our best 8 and outside of some matchup related-tweaks I'd anticipate it being the best 8 in October. And like you say, I'll definitely take my chances with that group.

[NOLA]

Just trying to do this right for opening day at least.

 

[Sammy Sofa]

horsefeathers, I guess it's been a good 18 months since I've even opened Gameday. I'm totally expecting it to be the exact same POS.

[Rex Buckingham]

Look, the Cubs as an organization suck even more than your typical sports franchise. And yeah, they'll probably be on the outside looking in at the end of the year. But I'm excited to watch baseball again, if only for a week or two. Can't wait to hear whatever crowd is there react to a 300 foot flyball as if it's headed for Waveland.

[bjam12]

Arrieta got the biggest pop from the crowd for introductions.