But it felt soooooo good to finally yell and get excited about something again. With all the disappointment we got from the Bears and Bulls this year, that HR was the sports highlight of '08 for me so far.

Yes, Weeks does lean over to the plate too far, much like Biggio used to, but Wood should have known better. Kerry will settle in a more focused closer mentality from now on and will proceed to have a terrific year.

I'll have to admit I was skeptical of Fukudome's off season elbow surgery, but any such doubts have been completely erased.

I look forward to attending the game tomorrow and watching the Cubs get their first of many wins.

I understand the reasoning for the day off but I have always disliked it, I'm excited for the games to start being more constant.

I didn't hear any comments from any of the players regarding the field conditions and maybe that's good. I'm just curious how they felt the field handled the rain and if they noticed how the field is much flatter?

I also have downloadable video of the entire at-bat at:

http://cubbienation.net/media/p/29.aspx

They way Fukudome has handled himself is amazaing. He just has this calm to him that is almost scary. Even though we lost, I think the Cubs to took a step forward by having FDOME in this lineup. WOW is all I can say.... WOW.

It's going to be a fun year!

...should be in a winning game, for sure.

BTW, we Dragons off 3-0 start this year, and tonight we beat our public enemy Tokyo Giants badly by a homerun in the 9th.... without Dome in anyway...

to see a guy hit a big home run and NOT pose at the plate like Manny. I think Dome could be a real fan favorite here..

First game in the MLB for our Cubbies and he's already made his way on Al's Top 20 Home Run list next year. Whoever takes these pictures most have a really expensive camera because this pictures look extremely clear.

Does anyone miss Jock Jones yet? ;)

...is to be able to "Post" now without "Preview"!

Let the mistakes flow through now...

Did anyone in Chicago go to the Ernie Banks ceremony before the game yesterday? I saw it on TV, it looked like a very nice tribute. Anyone care to give a first hand account? How's the statue? Thanks!

didnt get down there til 11. I was disgusted to walk up to the Banks staue and see 'The Human Air Siren' ruining everyones pictures. He was leaning right up on the staue base. Later we saw The Person Who Shall Not Be Named trying to get into one of the rooftops. Pretty lame.

A little less activity today to say it mildly, yesterday there had to be some BCB records broken?

thanks!

(This might apply to MLB.TV as well.)

I know there have been several diaries about this already. I called MLB.com tech support today (for the second time). Again I spent less than a minute on hold. The tech rep finally admitted that the problem with the new player was on their end, and that they've received numerous complaints. I again suggested that they roll back to the previous version until they get the new one fixed. This guy said that he would put in the request. (So did the previous woman.) I can only hope that their supervisor has enough intelligence to figure out that he/she is supposed to be delivering a product, not using customers as guinea pigs.

I suggest that anyone who is having problems should call them (1-866-800-1275) and request that the old version be put back. If you call during the day, you don't have to wait on hold very long.

Hopefully, there is strength in numbers.