After an offseason of inaction, posturing, politics, rumors, free agent forgoing and off-field troubles, Chicago Cubs fans and players were irrepressibly pining for Feb. 23. Taking on the Brewers at Sloan Park in Mesa to open things up in Cactus League play, the Cubs sent fans home happy.
To borrow a line from the great Mark Twain: it looks like the reports of the Cubs’ demise this offseason have been greatly exaggerated. It also looks like the reports of Kris Bryant‘s imminent decline were just a wee bit premature.
Plagued by a bum shoulder for most of 2018, Bryant wasted no time firing back at cretinous critics, bandwagon bleacher bums and the myopic media both with his bat and his mouth.