First of all. A special thanks to Three Aces Bar on Taylor st. and Benny the bartender for not judging me for drinking in the day time. The lovable Lou Sears and I had a lovely afternoon drinking Left Handed Stout. I also ate a delicious pulled pork sandwich, kale salad, and the best tomato soup ever for only 10$. And yes. That was a commercial. The game seemed to zip by, as Samardzija just mowed em down. 9 strike outs, 2 hits, 0 runs, 8 innings. Do we have a bonified ace now? Lou Sears is convinced he's the second coming of Randy Johnson. I still remain unconvinced until his fastball kills a bird.
Yeah...the Shark was great! Let's hope this trend continues, and when the rest of the staff is healthy, we might actually make things interesting in the Central this year. Like the Pirates last year. Castro and Castillo had 2/3 of the Cubs 6 hits, which basically means that the rest of the team, besides Rizzo who homered didn't do anything. Soriano struck out twice, and Lillibridge, that elf looking MoFo, was horrible. 3 Ks and an error. We need our Dar Bar back and fast!
OK. Marmol. WTF.
He should not close a game ever. It's over for him. I'm sorry, but it just is. Marmol was a great 8th inning guy. But in the 9th. He's a head case. Why in the hell do pitchers treat the 9th inning with such a different energy? Just go up there, execute each pitch, and get the guy out! No matter what inning it is! One pitch at a time. Carlos Marmol is incapable of closing ballgames. Period. I have no idea if Fujikawa is any good. All I know is, he got the save yesterday,and was pumped his fist when he got the fly ball to center to save the game. So Dale. Mr. Sveum. Please. Don't ever let Carlos Marmol pitch in the 9th inning. Please. Thank You.
So who else sucked? Lillibridge. I actually think I hate him. First of all, he's an ex White Sox. Second of all. He sucks. and he looks like an elf. Or a troll. All I know is he's better off on Lucky Charms boxes and not playing second base. I'd rather see Aaron Fucking Miles hitting weak scribblers to second than watch Brent "Magically delicious" Lillibridge play baseball. Got it. Dar Bar come back to us!!!
After the game, The lovable Lou Sears and I went over to the Billy Goat Tavern and met up with friends and did shots of Malort until we were either gonna sleep or fight. Big thanks to our Bar Tender Jeff who kept me and the boys in line. We capped off the night with an amazing Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds concert at the beautiful Chicago Theater. Seriously incredible show. And the perfect end to what turned out to be the best opening day I've had in a looooonngggg time....
So what's next? Edwin Jackson debuts for the North Siders against Wandy Rodriguez. Wandy always seems to pitch the Cubbies tough, and we've seen a lot of him in a Houston uniform. I actually wish he was on our team. I'd rather have him than Scott Baker at this point. Anyhow, he's on the Pirates now, and we gotta figure out a way to beat him on Wednesday night. I'm psyched to see what Edwin Jackson can do for us. We've got him for 4 years and 52 million. So...he better not get injured, and he'd better win 80 games through 2017. Got it?
Go Cubbies.
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