...the season and a big ol' can of whoop-ass, on the Diamondback!

I'm finding it a little hard to contain myself today, as all the off-season preparation has finally come to fruition (fru-ition, is that spelled right?) and the season is upon us (Did I even use fruition correctly in that sentence? Someone fetch me a dictionary). I don't have a lot to say at this point, but I'm sure I will throughout the day. For right now I will just throw out a few ideas in the form of bullet-points, which will allow me to quickly fill up some space without requiring me to think coherently.

• Aramis is still not signed, which makes me sad. I really hope this happens in these last few hours available before the season starts, as I will be pi-hissed if they Cubs lose Aramis this off-season. (**update** 2:00pm: unconfirmed word from Al over at Bleed Cubbie Blue that the Cubs have signed Aramis to a 4 year, 44 mill contract. Hope it's true.)
  
• Why is it so hard to pass a simple, little law that makes Opening Day a national holiday. It is a travesty (travesty I say!) that I have to miss the game today because of stupid, stupid work. Well, Pat and Ronnie will just have to paint me a picture and hopefully that will suffice.
• Wood was "dazzling" (the SunTimes' word) against the Angels' minor league team, and looks to be wicked sharp for the season opener against Milwaukee. And let's be honest, Milwaukee is just a glorified AAA team anyway.

For those that are interested in such things, I am going to link below some season previews for the Cubs and the enemies both. These are generally previews from statistical sites, so you may see stats you don't recognize like VORP, DiPS, and ASSHAT. But don't worry, they aren't as dirty as they seem.

The CubDom
Season Preview

Baseball Thinkfactory
Cubs
Cards
Astros

All-baseball.com
NL Central Preview

Hardball Times
Cubs
Astros

Alright, that's all for now. I'm sure there will be updates throughout the day.

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