The Wife and I were walking past Wrigley yesterday on the way to work and...hey! The fence was gone. Yes, folks, the new and improved [sic] Wrigley Field has been unveiled and looks great. The construction crew did a really fantastic job and, well, I'm just impressed.

And then we kept walking down Waveland and we were noting the really, really nice ironwork at the entrance to the bleachers when...WHAT THE HELL. That's what was shouted in my ear by my dear wife. Apparently, the Bud Light Bleachers are really the Bud Light Bleachers. I didn't realize that there was going to be an actual sign above the entrance labeling the bleachers as the Bud Light Bleachers, ruining an otherwise beautiful building. I had actually heard that there wouldn't be any signs. Apparently I heard wrong. Tacky, tacky, tacky.

Boo, I say, Booooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Now for some Bullet points:

• If the opposition feels safe in walking Derrek Lee 3 times, then they are seriously misjudging Ramirez. The man is going to be racking up some serious RBIs this year if this trend (one game makes a trend, right?) continues.
• Murton's defense might be somewhat suspect, but he's no Jason DuBois. There is no amount of hitting that would have made up for DuBois's glove. I think the Reds might be learning the same lesson with Adam Dunn this year.
• I'm dead terrified to have Rusch throwing for the Cubs today, but maybe he'll be okay. I don't know...I just have a bad feeling. I just don't want a repeat of last year where we have the great first game and then have everything go to hell. Actually, I don't want a repeat of any part of last year. You know what, let's just not speak of last year...ever again.
• Bullet points and ellipsis...now that's lazy writing.
• There's an incredibly stupid article on cubs.com. The Cubs embrace the small ball era. What a load of crap. You know what? I think the Cubs have embraced the dead-ball era. I know, when the gloves were really small and people made more errors. Because, you know what, if the Reds didn't field like a t-ball team, we would be talking about Murton's homer, not the 35 bloops and bleeders that turning into a dozen runs. Against a Major League team, we score about 7 runs on Monday. Small ball...god.

Alright, kids, 11:35 game time. Go Cubs!