As Alexander Pope once wrote in his An Essay on Man, “hope springs eternal.” This optimism may seem a bit trite if you’re a Marlins or Mariners fan, but it shouldn’t be if you’re a Cubs fan. Yes, even with the seemingly unproductive winter and lack of free-agent signings. Yes, even with the inauspicious rollout of the vaunted and much-ballyhooed Marquee Network.
Baseball season is finally upon us, and if a little Cubs baseball or a Willson Contreras bomb to center didn’t do the trick for you yesterday, perhaps the smell of freshly-cut grass and the sound of leather-popping fastballs will make it happen in the near future.