opening day! cubs @ pirates 3/31-4/3

hermes · Post #1 » by **hermes** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:43 pm

wooo the 2014 season is here! the year of 'waiting for the young kids to get good' is upon us

take a good look at the central standings now since they are listed alphabetically we're in the lead

3/31: samardzija vs. liriano, noon
4/2: jackson vs. morton, 6:05 pm
4/3: hammel vs. rodriguez, 11:35 am

go cubs! :clap:

karch34 · Post #2 » by **karch34** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 3:50 pm

Line up today: Bonifacio CF, Lake LF, Castro SS, Rizzo 1B, Olt 3B, Castillo C, Schierholtz RF, Barney 2B, Samardzija P

Kind of surprised seeing Castro in the 3 spot, but no major surprises. Let's get this season started right!

Badbeats · Post #3 » by **Badbeats** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:03 pm

Let's GO CUBS!!!

Hold onto first place!!!

Posey H8er · Post #4 » by **Posey H8er** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:08 pm

So excited baseball is back. I need to get out to Wrigley a few times this year....

Badbeats · Post #5 » by **Badbeats** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:22 pm

I am going Friday... I feel like a fat kid in a candy store!

ChicagoStrong · Post #6 » by **ChicagoStrong** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:01 pm

Not a bad start so far.

Badbeats · Post #7 » by **Badbeats** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:32 pm

Well... tough inning....

Badbeats · Post #8 » by **Badbeats** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:52 pm

Ok 1st and 2nd nobody out.... again!

Lets do this!

hermes · Post #9 » by **hermes** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:53 pm

2 on, no outs - something brewing...

good too, liriano was great against us last year

hermes · Post #10 » by **hermes** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:00 pm

Jo Jo English · Post #11 » by **Jo Jo English** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:10 pm

Posey H8er wrote:So excited baseball is back. I need to get out to Wrigley a few times this year....

I hear you. It's been far too long since I've went to a game. Just got myself some Cubs/Cards tix for July. Can't wait.

Posey H8er · Post #12 » by **Posey H8er** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:33 pm

That top of the 8th inning was such a Cubs inning. It already hurts and it's just 1 of 162.

karch34 · Post #13 » by **karch34** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:02 pm

Posey H8er wrote:That top of the 8th inning was such a Cubs inning. It already hurts and it's just 1 of 162.

Yup. Just can't do anything with runners in scoring position.

Badbeats · Post #14 » by **Badbeats** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:03 pm

We have had every chance to win this game.....

karch34 · Post #15 » by **karch34** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:33 pm

Damn it.

Posey H8er · Post #16 » by **Posey H8er** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:42 pm

When does football season start? Kidding, but not happy with the simple base running errors. They will always cost you games, especially on a team that will likely not score many runs anyways.

On the positive side, pitching was excellent overall.

karch34 · Post #17 » by **karch34** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:04 pm

Definitely a good sign with the pitching overall.

I watched intermittently so was there more base running errors besides Bonafacio? Almost willing to give him a pass since he was at least trying to make something happen as he saw the futility in the bats behind him.

Posey H8er · Post #18 » by **Posey H8er** » Wed Apr 2, 2014 2:48 pm

Jackson vs Morton tonight at 6:05pm. Hoping Jackson can be more consistent this year.

karch34 · Post #19 » by **karch34** » Wed Apr 2, 2014 3:19 pm

Jackson's last start was very good and he pitched better in ST after his first outing. Ideally he's a back of the rotation innings eater, but I have hope he can put together a more respectable year.

hermes · Post #20 » by **hermes** » Thu Apr 3, 2014 12:50 am

bonifaco is hitting really good to start

jackson's doing alright but morton's shutting us out