This may sound a little corny and possibly not worthy of a fanpost, but I just wanted to thank all of you for getting me through yet another long off-season.  A special thanks to you, Al, for all of your hard work and giving us breaking news updates, interviews, game recaps and for keeping us sane through what has been quite an interesting off-season; from the hiring of Q, to the passing of Ronnie, to Kerry Wood coming back, to Silva's meltdowns.  Thanks to all BCB-ers for the great discussions and I look forward to continuing them throughout the '11 campaign. 

I know expectations aren't at an all-time high this year, but optimism has been restored for me, at least for now, and I wanted to thank all of you for that.

'Tis the season.  Go Cubs.