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I think that advantage is somewhat negated by the fact that Pittsburgh gets to spend it's Sunday and subsequent film sessions watching how the Bears offense attacks a 3-4 defense.

I love how Soriano did the "you can't see me" thing after his first home run in August. Yeah we can't see you...on any leaderboards except highest paid players. I am so funny.

I never really thought about how much I worry about the Bears schedule to start the season until today. There are some really good teams to start the season, and 3 of the first 5 are on the road. I'm just worried that because of the fluky nature of football sometimes, if we drop a couple of close games to good teams even if we've played well in them it could hurt the momentum that has built up over the offseason. I think in the first 5 games we are capable of going 4-1, but also 1-4 if a few things break the wrong way. We should be somewhere in the middle though. We can survive 2-3, and I'd feel pretty good about 3-2. Here is the schedule to start the season in case people forgot: @ Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh @ Seattle vs. Detroit Bye @ Atlanta Comments (with pessimism and optimism about each, except Detroit which is all optimism) Green Bay is a tough rivalry game, and both teams have shown that no matter what the records are or talent level is, surprising things can happen. But, although GB was clearly better than their record last year (outscored opponents by 30+ points but finished 6-10), this is the start of their 3-4 defense and we should be able to move the ball on them with ease. Getting Pittsburgh for your home opener is a really tough draw, but I guess since we have to play Pittsburgh this season, having them at home at a time where the fans and players will be charged up isn't so bad (since Pittsburgh can play in the cold like the best of them), but it's still Pittsburgh. I just never feel comfortable playing in Seattle. Seattle should be improved, but playing at Qwest Field worries me quite a bit, although we did play well there in 07 and only lost by a TD. Detroit should be a breeze at home, I would chalk this up to a guaranteed win, and with the bye week after, there is no reason for this to be a trap game. Finally Atlanta, scene of the crime (crime being theft of a win and a playoff bearth). Assuming Atlanta picks up where it left off last year, this should be another tough but winnable game. And I'd rather play Atlanta after a bye than Detroit.

I doubt the Cubs would be able to give Maybin a position and wait until he gets it at the MLB level. Just my opinion.

Harden for Dwayne Wade and Jermaine O'Neal

IBL

21 days since the Cubs have gained ground on the Cardinals...

Look how happy the Nats look. At least we brought happiness to come people's lives.

The Nats are just a really tough team. Gotta tip your caps to them.

LETS GO CUBS THE WILD CARD IS IN OUR GRASPS!!! JUST GOTTA EARN IT! YOU CAN DO IT!!! (hows that?)

Where does it say that Bradley was put on waivers or that Harden and Heilman were the only 2 that were claimed?

Yeah but the bottom line is you shouldn't need those calls to beat the damn Nationals at home with JD Drew on the mound or whoever it is

Wait the Cubs got screwed on a call that had a profound impact on the game? Unbelievable! Luckiest team in baseball

Who wants to bet there is someone else playing 1B for the Cubs when we return?

Might have been a great day if we were in some sort of playoff qualification race.

Oh come on, Aaron Miles has to be on that team somewhere. Duh, he's uber utility guy/1st bat off the bench

I was expecting 5 starts 3-1, 1.93 ERA 49 K, 10 BB

At least the Wheelchair Cubs can win a World Series apparently.

BTW, I was going to share this earlier, but I was looking on Craigslist this morning and found someone trying to dump club level seats (Club Box 21, Row 10...right behind home), for $50 a ticket. I bet I could have talked the guy down to $35...but even that wasn't worth it for me. Perfect storm for getting cheap tickets today...crappy weather, crappy opponent, crappy Cubs team, day game, rain in the forecast Edit: Also, the cheapest tickets I saw on CL was $10 for upper deck first base line (row 3) tickets. Judging by all the empty seats, it wasn't worth it for most people.

Yeah but come on, we had to throw our $90 mil ace, our 2nd ace with supposedly the best stuff, and our "stud" rookie pitcher in the series. Plus all of our regulars were healthy. With those limitations, its amazing that we could even win 1.

Hey look it's Fred

Wow with the crappy conditions, the empty bleachers, and the home run power by Soriano I seriously thought they were showing a replay of a homer from April. Guess I'm not paying that much attention.

I don't know if I could get over LaRussa being on the Cubs. Only if he brings a crapload of pixie dust with him. Actually now that I think about it, LaRussa and Hendry would be a perfect combo together. Hendry would drag in some garbage player because his new thing is picking up players who wear size 7 shoes or larger or something, and LaRussa and Duncan would turn said player into a superstar. If we got LaRussa, I would hope this would be our team: C - Humberto Quintero 1B - Aubrey Huff 2B - (so many choices here...) Kaz Matsui SS - Orlando Cabrera 3B - Pedro Feliz RF - Randy Winn CF - Chris Young LF - Chris Duncan (condition for signing LaRussa/Duncan)...has been taking pixie dust morning noon and night since his release SPs: Brad Penny, John Smoltz, Livan Hernandez, Jon Garland, and Ryan Dempster Then just find a way to dump the rest of the guys, and get ready for the World Series

We're so bad that even when we have a "heads up play" it ultimately doesn't benefit us because we mess it up.

I have like 4-5 responses to that Bradley AB, and instead I've decided it's not worth it to comment on it.