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Holy moly double whammy for Cubs' fans. Fuku K's and Kendall throws out A-ram.

That's how to treat a 3-run lead Soupy! nibble nibble.

Man, Suppan sure has some meatball moments. Ew.

At least Hardy made him work a little bit.

http://images.yuku.com/image/png/df035a8290ad84ed51342382dbbfb29b52396a8_t.gif YES.

Gagne picks up a W. Haha. But seriously, everything other than Gagne was incredible today.

Holy moly, what a well-pitched game.

Bill Hall with an infamous mindless mistake. Unbelievable.

Come on you guys, we were all hoping to see the epic McClung/Lieber matchup on Opening Day! Should've just postponed the thing.

I like this weblog entry on JSOnline. "Maybe, but don't bet on it. The National Weather Service is calling on a 90% chance of rain today for the Brewers/Cubs opener at Wrigley Field. "Occasional rain and thunderstorms before 1 p.m., then periods of rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 1 p.m." That's how the Weather Service puts it. We're not sure what the difference is between "occasional" and "periods of," but neither looks too good for a 1:20 p.m. first pitch. And the forecast for Miller Park? Dry and empty."

Why do they keep lying to us about MLB.tv (not Woogie, the official website says they'll be on MLB.tv)? Right on the front page it says "Watch live on MLB.tv" yet when you go to the multimedia page there's clearly no link to a MLB.tv broadcast. I keep getting psyched up for watching baseball and just get disappointed.

I drafted Marmol on my fantasy team hoping he'd win the job...but no one gives a rip about anyone's fantasy team, so I'll shut up. Wood must be looking awfully good for Lou to go with him over Marmol. But either way that bullpen's pretty tough in late innings.

Man, I thought I'd accidentally clicked on "giantsfan.net"

What a play by Escobar...that was DEEP in the hole.

Man, that was nice changeup from Villy to strike out Hall there.

Then you'd be really speechless in regards to Felix Pie, oooooouggghhh...

This is the reason I want Bushy in the rotation, he's an absolute badass. 19 pitches, 19 strikes. So freaking gritty. And that beard is manly. And now he has a base hit. Words cannot describe the man that is Dave Bush.

Man, Counsell is HOT

I'll do PBP again, because I'm bored and have nothing else to do. Top 1st Inning Weeks - strikeout (1 out) Kapler - walk Gross - single to RF, Kapler to 2B Hall - walk, bases loaded Hart - strikeout (2 out) Munson - strikeout (3 out) Micah Owings - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K Bottom 1st Inning Bonifacio - groundout to P (1 out) Burke - walk Jackson - reaches on error (H) by Bill Hall, Burke to 2B Young - flies out to CF (2 out) Snider - 4-pitch walk, bases loaded Salazar - 3-run double Jeff Suppan - 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K Ugh, nevermind. I have to go to work.

I won't judge any pitcher until I see them. I will say that it's difficult for any pitcher to get 4-6 outs in an inning. I'm not trying to campaign for Cappy's spot in the rotation because I'd rather have Bush or Parra in there (come on, Villanueva has to be a shoo-in by now, seriously), but the poor guy just can't catch a break, even in freaking spring training.

Well, the good news is it doesn't sound like they're hitting the ball very hard...then again, it is the Giants.

Okay, that's all I can do for PBP, I've got to come up with dinner for the family tonight. Bush kept the ball down really well after the first inning (as usual), and Parra's been just as good as he's been all spring. Hopefully they grab their ninth win.

Bottom 3rd Inning Hart - single to left Escobar - line drive single to left, Hart to 2B Gwynn - squib down third base line, Gwynn out at 1st, runners advance (1 out) Munson - strikeout, curveball (2 out) Bush - walk, bases loaded - bye bye Rich Hill, Tim Lahey enters Weeks - strikeout, slider away (3 out) Rich Hill - 2.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 3 K Lahey - 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K 4-3 Brewers Top 4th Inning Kroeger - soft grounder to 1B (1 out) DeRosa - popped out to 1B, jammed on tailing fastball (2 out) Blanco - soft chopper to P (3 out) Bush - 4 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K 4-3 Brewers Bottom 4th Inning Nunez - chopper to 2B (1 out) Kapler - grounder to 3B (2 out) Fielder - chopper to SS (3 out) Rich Hill - 2.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 3 K Lahey - 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K 4-3 Brewers Top 5th Inning Dave Bush replaced by Manny Parra Fuld - grounder to SS (1 out) Cedeno - grounder to 3B (2 out) Theriot - strikeout - changeup (3 out) Bush - 4 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K Parra - 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K 4-3 Brewers Top 6th Inning Fukudome - strikeout - fastball (1 out) Lee - shattered bat grounder to SS (2 out) Manny's got a sick changeup today Ramirez - stand-up double off LF wall Kroeger - strikeout - good hard fastball (3 out) Bush - 4.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K Parra - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K 5-3 Brewers Bottom 6th Inning Les Walrond replaced by Shingo Takatsu Kapler - popped out to 2B (1 out) Fielder - grounded to 1B (2 out) Gross (batting for Hart) - walk Escobar - strikeout on a frisbee (3 out) Rich Hill - 2.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 3 K Lahey - 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K Walrond - 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K Takatsu - 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K 5-3 Brewers

Top 2nd Inning Fuld - strikeout (1 out) Hill - soft groundout to 2B (2 outs) Theriot - strikeout - nice curve (3 outs) Bush - 2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 K 3-0 Cubs Bottom 2nd Inning Escobar - groundout to 3B (1 out) Gwynn - walk Munson - single to left, Gwynn to 3rd Bush - single to right, Gwynn scores, Munson to 2B Weeks - double down left field line, Munson scores, Bush to 3B Nunez - groundout to short, Bush scores, Weeks to 3B (2 out) Kapler - double down left field line, Weeks scores Fielder - strikeout (3 out) Hill - 2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 2 K 4-3 Brewers Top 3rd Inning Fukudome - foul tip strikeout - fastball (1 out) Lee - soft lineout to 2B (2 out) Ramirez - strikeout - cutter/slider? (3 out) Bush - 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K 4-3 Brewers Bottom 3rd Inning Hart - single to left Escobar - line drive single to left, Hart to 2B Gwynn - squib down third base line, Gwynn out at 1st, runners advance (1 out) Munson - strikeout, curveball (2 out) Bush - walk, bases loaded - bye bye Rich Hill, Tim Lahey enters Weeks - Final line - Rich Hill - 2.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 3 K Lahey - 4-3 Brewers

Amazing how Ramirez kept that thing fair, that was a good pitch. Top 1st inning Theriot - single Fukudome - walk Lee - groundout, runners advance Ramirez - 2 RBI double Kroeger - RBI single DeRosa - groundout, runner to 2nd Blanco - soft lineout to 2B 3-0 Cubs Bottom 1st inning Weeks - bunt popout Nunez - strikeout Kapler - single, left field Fielder - single, center field - Kapler to third Hart - popped out to RF 3-0 Cubs