FUKUDOME!!!!

Seriously? I hope he never takes a day off and plays the same way he did today, everyday. He was given a rousing ovation, reminiscent of the Sosa days, as he ran out to right field, and proceeded to amaze the crowd. In his first official at-bat as a Cub, he hits a double off the centerfield wall. But, Fukudome wasn't the only big star on the field today, Carlos Zambrano was dominant as ever, going 5 2/3 innings, 3 hits, 5Ks, and 1 walk. That's about where the good stuff ends. Zambrano suffers from pain in his right forearm, resulting in him being pulled from the game, and Carlos Marmol going onto the hill. Carlos picks up where Carlos leaves off, going 1 1/3 innings, striking out the side in the eighth. Going into the ninth, the score is still 0-0, and closer Kerry Wood's going to the mound, getting ready to be lights out, as always. Not so. He singlehandedly attempts to put the game out of reach for the Cubs, by giving up three runs. We then go to the bottom of the ninth down 3-0 with the Brew Crew's new closer Eric Gagne on the mound. Gagne, as we all know, has been a dominant closer over his career. Well, today he was Eric Gag-me. This made me very happy as his stat line reads as so: 1 inning pitched, 3 hits, 3 runs, 1 BB, 1 HR, and an ERA of 27.00. That home run, was the curtain call for Fukudome's day as it was a three-run shot to right field sending Wrigley into pandemonium. Bob Howry goes to the mound, and promptly digs himself a hole, and loses the game. Oh well, 161 games to go...
W: Eric Gagne (1-0, BS:1)
L: Bob Howry (0-1)