There's no reason to believe it will continue, but given how horrible the end of last season was, the last thing I wanted was to be reminded of it again on the first game of the next season lol
Last September, the Cubs lost 5 games where they had an 8th inning or later lead, which was tied for the most in a month for any MLB team over the last 50 years. They also went 0-4 in extra innings in September.
If the Rangers score here to win its like we picked right back up where we left off.
Yep, ton of hard contact for outs early, the ground rule double that barely got over the wall costing the Cubs a run, our starter leaving the game early with an injury, some questionable ball/strike calls from the ump. I'll take it.
I hate the first week of the baseball season because of how important the first couple of games feel even though your brain knows each game counts for 0.6% of the season.