Opener thoughts.....

- Yep I was at the home opener for the 4th straight year. did i notice any differences at the park? nope besides the posters on the outside of wrigley. my bathroom still has no urinals (i dont care, i dont mind the troughs) but i do think they might have put more lights in the bathroom which is kind of awkward.

- cubs offense showed life. thats good. but they cant be a team that scores just on hrs. they will never win consistently like that.

- soriano, if possible, looks worse/more confused in real life. from my seats, down the right field line above the bullpen, you can tell how not close he is to breaking balls and how off balance he is. why would you every throw this guy a fastball. it would be hard to bench a guy making 18 mill but if something doesnt change soon i think Lou will have to.

- ryan braun will torment cubs fans and NL baseball fans for years to come. he might be the best hitting young player no one talks about. prince fielder is still fat and i hate him.

- im not worried about the bullpen. yes there will be some bumps. but these young kids have live arms and there are enough them to have a couple become solid bullpen guys. the russell kid looks like he has a live arm and might be very solid. could the cubs really have 3 dependable lefties in the pen?

- baseball season makes everything better in life!