Under normal circumstances, Thursday’s win would have put the Cubs at 1-0 on the season. Instead, they’re 1-2 and still working to dig out from the overseas trip that none of us can seem to just shut up about. The good news is that their double-digit outburst allayed the burgeoning fears of an offensive struggle all season. That’s how it works, right? If we can all freak out about the lack of scoring in a few games, we should be just as excited about 10 runs in the first third game of the season.
We’ll get another chance to overreact one way or the other tonight, as Jameson Taillon takes the mound for the second of four games in Arizona.