It was a wild day in Wrigleyville. The weather was crap, but the fans were enthusiastic and rowdy.
Overall, the performance of the Cubs was OK. Nothing jumped right out as an immediate concern to me. There wasn't enough hitting from the big boys and there were a bunch of strikeouts. However, they were facing a very tough Ben Sheets and Fukudome was as advertised and came through with the big 3-run blast that made it interesting at the end. Gagne looked as rattle-prone as last year.
On the other side, Zambrano looked excellent until having forearm cramping late. I hope he figures something out soon. Wood had a disappointing start to his closing career, but the weather works against a big pitcher like Woody and given how great he looked in the spring, I'm just not that worried...yet. At least there weren't many walks from any of the Cub pitchers.
There were some rusty looking plays, but it wasn't all bad (other than the final score).
Interesting notes:
The new Banks statue is missing the apostrophe on "Let's play two".
Sheets batted in the 8 spot.
The rain really tested the new drainage system, which appeared to function well. It was had to tell from the wet seat I was sitting in.
A few shots as people head for the game.
The new Banks statue
One of the Leprecans
Ernie getting sped into the game
Woo Woo
Streaming out
Post game wrapup
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