3/30/23 – Brewers (Burnes) @ Cubs (Stroman), 1:20pm on Marquee

[Ding Dong Johnson]

We are now officially less than 24 hours away from actual baseball games that count so just like Pentatonix famously once sang, let’s get it on.

The guy who I think played Roger Dorn takes on Puerto Rico’s pride and joy, Marcus Stroman. Both guys are tied for the league lead in literally every statistical category including the triple crown, which just goes to show how silly it was to implement the DH in the NL.

Anywho, here’s to loss number 1 of only 70 we will see all season.  I’ll drink to that.

[UMFan83]

Oh we're breaking out the good stuff for game 1?

Opening Day!:

Cubs fans at 1:20 tomorrow:

Marcus Stroman to the Brewers lineup:

 

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Considering Seiya's injury and Burnes being the opposing starter, everyone now has 24 hours to mentally prepare themselves for the strong possibility of Nick Madrigal: Opening Day Third Baseman

[WrigleyField 22]

When I inevitably forget it's opening day tomorrow

[mul21]

I'm prepared for this to be the end result of the game tomorrow.  Prove me wrong jackasses!

[jersey cubs fan]

[17 Seconds]

[Brock Beauchamp]

Question: do we want to start these threads in the Cubs forum and then move them to this forum after the game? That's what we do on the other sites to promote more in-game conversation.

[UMFan83]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Question: do we want to start these threads in the Cubs forum and then move them to this forum after the game? That's what we do on the other sites to promote more in-game conversation.

I'd prefer not to but I guess I don't see a huge downside to it either.  Mostly just because its the way we've always done it.  But I don't read this forum through the individual sub-forums anyways so it makes no difference to me.

I know in the past we've had people that were banned or suspended specifically from the GT Forum due to behavior in the game threads, but they were allowed to post elsewhere.  Not sure if that matters.

Edited March 29, 2023 by UMFan83

[Andy]

11 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I know in the past we've had people that were banned or suspended specifically from the GT Forum due to behavior in the game threads, but they were allowed to post elsewhere.  Not sure if that matters.

That would be the most logical reason not to change but I don't think anyone currently on the boards has had that problem (at least not recently), so it doesn't make much difference to me either.

[Derwood]

 

Am I doing this right?

[Rob]

7 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Am I doing this right?

Are you ever?

[Derwood]

2 minutes ago, Rob said:

Are you ever?

[Rob]

[UMFan83]

6 minutes ago, Rob said:

Are you ever?

A true "Derwood" would have been him jumping into this thread after several posts and saying "Hey guys I think we should start the season off right and do a Mad Man gif theme for this thread"

[Derwood]

59 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

A true "Derwood" would have been him jumping into this thread after several posts and saying "Hey guys I think we should start the season off right and do a Mad Man gif theme for this thread"

True Derwood would be saying I've never seen Mad Men

 

Spoiler

I have not ever seen Mad Men

 

[UMFan83]

19 minutes ago, Derwood said:

True Derwood would be saying I've never seen Mad Men

 

  Reveal hidden contents

I have not ever seen Mad Men

 

And then finally watching it and giving your reactions episode by episode in the TV thread lol

[UMFan83]

Looks like plenty of seats available tomorrow. Used to be unfathomable to imagine Opening Day not sold out. So I thought about calling out of work and taking my sons, then looked up 3 tickets for the cheapest seats in house (404 Row 9, one of the top rows near the foul pole) and the total cost was $220. No thanks, no wonder they aren’t sold out. 

[David]

4 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Looks like plenty of seats available tomorrow. Used to be unfathomable to imagine Opening Day not sold out. So I thought about calling out of work and taking my sons, then looked up 3 tickets for the cheapest seats in house (404 Row 9, one of the top rows near the foul pole) and the total cost was $220. No thanks, no wonder they aren’t sold out. 

My guess is that's largely the effect of dynamic pricing.

When face value was just face value, they sold out right away.  Seems less likely to happen when face value is whatever an algorithm based on timing and demand determines the price.

At least, that's how I think it happens now.  I haven't bought tickets in a while thanks to having a pretty sweet family hookup.

[Omar]

Got laid off from my job this past week. Have been pretty down about it, so decided I'm going to opening day. Got 1 ticket, upper deck 319R row 5, $83 off stubhub after fees. 

I am also on a season ticket split with a group so will be going to Sunday's game as well. 

[jersey cubs fan]

5 hours ago, David said:

My guess is that's largely the effect of dynamic pricing.

When face value was just face value, they sold out right away.  Seems less likely to happen when face value is whatever an algorithm based on timing and demand determines the price.

At least, that's how I think it happens now.  I haven't bought tickets in a while thanks to having a pretty sweet family hookup.

It’s opening day and there’s a ton of tickets available at under $100. It’s not the fault of dynamic pricing. The indifference to this roster is palpable. 

[Tim]

I'm going to be at a business event and won't be able to watch today. Can someone take notes so I can catch up later?

 

Thanks!

[Tim]

Assuming we're going to win today, I'm going to have to find a new way to put W flags in a post to track our win streaks this year.

[Brian707]

15 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Question: do we want to start these threads in the Cubs forum and then move them to this forum after the game? That's what we do on the other sites to promote more in-game conversation.

[Bertz]

For as great as Burnes is and as bad as the Cubs were, they beat him 3x last year.  Here's to #4