Cubs Gournal #1

Ah...those were the days weren't they Lou? Relaxing on the beach enjoying the company of a lovely lady.

Now you're stuck sitting on an uncomfortable wooden bench freezing your 63 year old nads off and watching:

- Your "Gold Glove caliber" shortstop fumble his way to 3 errors in one game.

- Two of your "best" relievers serve up BP in the late innings.

- Your $136 million dollar man get on base about as often as Neifi Perez did.

Fortunately for us, old Lou understands the big picture a little better than all of us meatball fans who crap our pants the first week of the season. I'm sure his gut tells him that Cesar can't be any worse than Ronny/Neifi (can he?) , Howry and Eyre will be fine, and Alfonso and everyone else will start hitting as soon as it warms up.

So I'm going to hop on board Lou's lovable gut and agree that things will get better eventually.

- The season started with Sam Zell's purchase of the Tribune Company. Micheal Ray Richardson saved the newspaper clipping for his Those People Own Everything binder.

- Lou referred to Matt Murton as The Adorable Redhead. A great nickname, but not as good as Burleigh Grimes'. It's too bad Old Aches and Pains is taken, Cliff Floyd is going to have to go back to the drawing board.

- The Reds took two out of three as Big Donkey took Big Z out of the yard twice, Lilly pitched a gem, and Ohman and Barrett couldn't play catch.

- Carlos says the Reds lineup is better than the Brewers, and Rickie Weeks respectfully disagrees. This reminds me of the Jason Dubois-Todd Hollandsworth argument. It doesn't matter, they both stink.

- The Cubs bounced back to win a couple in the good land. Rich Hill (perfect through five innings) and Carlos were good. Wade Miller, not so much.

- In their triumphant return to Wrigley, Cesar and the Cubs laid a couple of eggs for the home crowd, and Devin reminded us that he is a man of many talents.

Things will get better this weekend - Carlos will have his vengeance against the Reds and the bats will warm up. Let's hope the weather does too, because Ronnie's feet are freezing.