Filed:April 5th, 2010
What were you expecting exactly? Consider me fairly non non-plussed about the Cubs 2010 opener, a 16-5 shellacking by the Atlanta Braves down at Turner Field, for a couple of different reasons actually.
Carlos Zambrano, although the 1 1/3 innings was by far his worst Opening Day start, tends to come out of the box with these sorts of appearances. Personally, I always thought he's a bit too amped, and his high fastballs yesterday didn't do anything to change that opinion. Here's to hoping that sinker—consistently about six inches too high on Monday, as were all his other pitches—gets a bit better as the season moves along, or the Cubs are in a world of trouble.
But the main reason is that this is pretty much about what I expected to see more often than not. ...
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Cheers and Jeers for the Chicago Cubs, and Other Opening Day Notables
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