Ran into David, who took many of the great bleacher construction photos you saw here all winter, and his dad, at Monday night's game. They had seats in the "bleacher boxes", the new "premium" bleacher seats that cost 50% more than the ones we sit in.
As it turned out, David's seat had a bit of an obstructed view. Let him explain:
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Other notes today:
Did you know the reason the Cubs are doing so poorly against lefties is that they don't have a left-handed BP pitcher? Greg Couch writes:
"It's hard to find someone who's off work, who doesn't have to work during the day," [Dusty] Baker said. "If we played night games, maybe they could come over after work."
It's always something with the Cubs, isn't it? The day games at Wrigley are making it hard to find a left-handed batting-practice pitcher.
Mmmmmm.... kay. The way Jacque Jones is hitting against lefties (1-for-18, 5 strikeouts), I think the BP pitchers could get him out. How about actually starting guys who hit lefthanded pitching?
Couch adds, "Baker is sure to be clobbered for this today." Um... yep.
Jeff Passan, a Yahoo columnist, wrote about the first month of the season, with predictions for the upcoming month including this one:
Hope not.