There is no harmonizing factor here, other than these are some things that are enjoyable to see/read/discuss as we suffer the intolerable wait for Opening Night to actually arrive at 9pm CT.
Up front I want to say that today was a particularly fun one at BN, because it featured me getting to write some flowery things about the opener, Michael getting to dig in on young player contract extensions, Luis getting to find out where every Cubs player was when Theo Epstein took over, and Luke getting to analyze the final set of players in the BN Top 40 prospect rankings.
Now, then, random stuff:
Cubs players arrives for the opening day game, against the Angels, at Angel Stadium #Cubs #OpeningDay #CubsvsAngels pic.twitter.com/IbM9rNYrzS
— Nuccio DiNuzzo (@ChiTribNuccio) April 4, 2016
#Cubs Dexter Fowler, greets Manny Ramirez as he arrives for opening day vs #Angels, in Anaheim #OpeningDay pic.twitter.com/YM4jFdgY7I
— Nuccio DiNuzzo (@ChiTribNuccio) April 4, 2016
#Cubs open season with no rookie on the roster. In each of the previous 3 seasons, they had two rookies on opening-day roster.
— Bruce Miles (@BruceMiles2112) April 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/HammelTime39/status/717105619644211201
Cubs have 22-inning Opening Day scoreless streak dating to the seventh inning of their 2013 Opening Day win at Pittsburgh (3-1).
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) April 4, 2016
Also … sorry, buddy:
https://twitter.com/sahadevsharma/status/717111214862512129