The Chicago Blackhawks have been great, but if you're not a hockey fan it's been a long winter. The Bears were terrible and now they have Mike Glennon and Mark Sanchez at the top of their QB depth chart. The Bulls have been teasing fans all year long and are pretty much the most hated franchise in the city right now. If you're a Cubs fan, this is what you've been waiting for. Yeah, not exactly the wait we went through, but nonetheless baseball is back.
The World Series champs begin the 2017 season against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday night on ESPN. Joe Maddon is sticking with Javier Baez at second base, at least for the opener, while putting Ben Zobrist out in right field. The top of the order is the scariest thing in baseball and it will be unleashed tonight.
Doesn't it feel great starting a new season with no stress at all? I mean, yeah, I'll still yell at the TV tonight when Jon Lester gets screwed out of a strike three call, but the Cubs are World Series champions. Be honest, even when Theo Epstein taking over in 2011, you knew a title wasn't a guarantee. Now, it happened and the Cubs are still poised to be great for at least another five years.
It's a great time to be a Cubs fan and even better now because baseball is back.
Goosebumps all over.
