Well, another series has come and gone and this time around, the Cubbies won it 2-1. However, the Home Opener was a colossal embarrassment complete with a dozen walks issued and Leicester coming off like a Kerry Wood imitator in more ways than one. Also, it showed that the much-vaunted Cubs GM Hendry was amiss in not trading for Carlos Lee in that doing so would have converted a Cub-Killer into a Cub-Savior and would have spared poor Todd Walker a knee injury.

Talking about poor, prepare to pity Mark Prior as the San Diego Padres prepare to walk all over him. Folks, this has the potential to be a repeat of last years Home Opener vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates in terms of sheer embarrassment to the North Side. My prediction for Tuesday's game: SD 15, ChC 2 with Cubs pitching giving up 15-20 walks and numerous base hits and that's assuming that the winds will be blowing in at Wrigley. Look for Prior to be pulled out by the 4th Inning when his pitch count exceeds the 120 mark.

In other matters, here's a link to an interesting article about one of my all time favorite Cubs, Dave Kingman:

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/articl...