jillcarlson's Blog

I'm one of those eternal optimists...not!  Definitely a glass half empty kind of gal.  But I still have high hopes for the baseball season...not just on the north side, but I believe the White Sox will surprise a lot of folks as well.  Of course, for my rare positive thinking to come to fruition, both teams are going to have to play a lot better than we've seen so far.  The Cubs aren't playing good fundamental baseball at all.  The White Sox are fortunate A.J. Pierzynski (a Final Word contributor every other Sunday...shameless plug!) had a huge day at the plate or Jose Contreras' ineffectiveness would have been exposed again.  John Danks is the Sox best starter so far...and he's hardly been Mr. Consistency.  But the Sox offense appears to be out of its season-long funk of '07.  And that's a great sign.

The Cubs are starting this season as they did the last...which isn't entirely a bad thing, considering how they finished.  But I think the Brewers are going to be in it for the long haul this time.  And the Cubs can't afford to fall too far behind early on.  Kosuke Fukudome is the best thing going...I love the way he plays.  But the rest of the team hasn't looked sharp.  WAKE UP!!  Hopefully they will in a hurry.

But again, I reserve the right to be positive...for it is early and there are 158 games to go!