Well, the season is under way, and the bad news is the Cubs are 0-1. The good news is, even though he didn't get his first win on Opening Day, Big Z was very impressive in his first start. He gave up no runs on 3 hits with only 1 walk through 6 2/3 innings. Ben Sheets was equally impressive, however, giving up no runs on 2 hits in his 6 1/3 innings of work.
Those 2 hits off of Sheets (as well as 1 of the 2 walks he gave up), both of them came off of the bat of Kosuke Fukudome.
After the Brewers broke through with 3 runs in the top of the ninth off of K Dub (Kerry Wood), the pressure was on the Cubbies.
D-Lee led off with a base hit, A-Ram followed with a walk, which brought up the Cub rookie Fukudome. He answered with a 3 run, game tying shot, finishing the day 3-3 with a single, double, and homer as well as a walk and 3 RBI.
If only he could have batted again in the 10th. Howry let the Brewers sneak one across in the top of the 10th, and despite having the top of the order in the bottom of the 10th, the Brewers held on for the win
MIL 4 CHC 3 F
There were many other games yesterday as well. The only other one I watched in full was...
TEX 2 SEA 5 F
The Rangers wasted a brilliant effort by Millwood as well as failed to do anything against a fairly ineffective Bedard.
Games I watched in part...
KC 5 DET 4 F 11
Right after I said to a coworker that I predicted Cabrera would win the MVP he homered. I looked like a genius.
NYM 7 FLA 2 F
No surprise, Santana was brilliant.
CWS 8 CLE 10 F
Despite blowing a 7-2 lead, the Indians held on to win.
HOU 0 SD 4 F
This game actually would have been a "watched in full" game, but I fell asleep. I did see the first 6 innings and was very impressed by Jake Peavy who held the Astros scoreless and knocked in the first two Padre runs.
In the rest of the day's action...
TB 6 BAL 2 F
LAA 2 MIN 3 F
ARI 4 CIN 2 F
WASH 11 PHI 6 F
SF 0 LAD 5 F
PIT 12 ATL 11 F 12
Neither the Colorado vs St. Louis game or the New York Yankee vs Toronto game took place, both postponed due to weather.
In honor of April Fool's Day, I will offer a few KNEE JERK REACTIONS based on Opening Day results.
-The San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros will compete for the fewest runs scored by a team during an entire season by only scoring runs when they play each other and getting shut out the rest of the season.
-Jake Peavy will have 70 RBI as a pitcher.
-Kosuke Fukudome will make people forget Ted Williams's season batting over .400 by finishing this season batting 1.000.
-The Pirates, Rays, Royals, and Nationals will all win their divisions.
-Carlos Lee never moves faster then a slow jog.
Oh wait, that last one is true.
Well, happy April Fool's Day, the Cubbies are off today, but there is plenty of other baseball on tap, including the first games for Rockies, Yankees, Cardinals, and Blue Jays.
The rest of the schedule
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