Reliving the high- and low-lights of yesterday’s disastrous, embarrassing, hope-deflating, and hopefully forgettable opening day 16-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves, in video:

It started off nicely, with Marlon Byrd hitting a three-run homer in his debut at-bat for the Cubs in the top of the first:

The MLB Network has a fun video of what it labels “the top moments in Cubs’ history.”

As I said, it is fun. But as far as top all-time franchise moments, it’s kind of lame. Typical is Milt Pappas’s almost perfect game. LaTroy Hawkins shows up as getting the final out in Greg Maddux’s 300th win.

The Cubs do have the coolest nickname for a game-winning home run: Gabby Hartnett’s “homer in the gloamin’.”

Of the nine, I’d say the most amazing thing I have ever seen during my life was Kerry Wood’s 20K game in 1998.

Chip Caray's decision to leave his position as Chicago Cubs play-by-play broadcaster following the bitter 2004 season, which also saw Steve Stone leave, has taken a turn for the worse: he and TBS have parted ways. The decision follows significant criticism of Caray's performance during TBS's 2009 playoff broadcasts, which certainly isn't the first time Caray has been criticized for his broadcasting (see here, e.g.).

This call, in particular, may have led TBS to seek to part ways:

Sam Fuld is one of the funnest Cubs' players to watch. It seems like he makes a great defensive play every time he starts. He has made two in the past two days.

Here is the video of Fuld robbing Manny Ramirez of a home run on August 21.

Here is the video of Fuld robbing Brad Ausmus in the leftfield corner of Dodger Stadium.

Former Chicago Cubs Gary Matthews, Jr. pulled off the most exciting play in baseball, stealing home. The play came in the Angels' Sunday, June 28 game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Here is the video.

The Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 tonight thanks in large part to Reed Johnson's over-the-wall catch of a would-have-been Prince Fielder grand slam in the 5th inning. Here is the video. Johnson made the catch of the year last year in April. He appears to have done it even earlier this year.

The referee actually paralleled the QB and then leveled his shoulder into him.

Now that's a comeback.

Down by four with two outs in the 9th and no one on, Ryan Braun gave the Cubs life. No one's idea of a stellar fielder, Braun looked less than stellar in trying to shoestring Aramis Ramirez's line drive into rightfield, turning it into a double. Then a bouncer up the middle for Jim Edmonds, scoring Ramirez. Then a base hit to right for Mark DeRosa.

Then, the electric moment. Salomon Torres' first pitch to Geovany Soto landed deep in the leftfield bleachers, tying the game.

Here is the video of Soto's game-tying three-run shot.

Three innings later, Derrek Lee drove in the winning run. Here is the video of Lee's hit.

Cue "Go Cubs Go."

The magic number is down to 2.

This is the year.

When I was a kid, I watched men's tennis now and then, especially the Grand Slams. Boris Becker, Andre Agassi, Ivan Lendl, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier. But my favorite player was Michael Chang after his improbable French Open victory in 1989. He was 17, was the first American to win the French Open in more than three decades, and was -- and still is -- the youngest Grand Slam tournament champion ever. And he did it in amazing fashion after coming down with severe leg cramps. In what is a classic match, he defeated Ivan Lendl in the round of 16 after being down two sets to nothing.

"What happens when an ambidextrous pitcher faces off against a switch-hitting batter?" asks MLB.com.

Comedy, apparently. Followed by annoyance.

Here is the video courtesy of CBSNews.com:

There's really a simple way to deal with this: Call a ball if the pitcher fails to throw a pitch within 30 seconds.