Life is humdrum without Cubs baseball. I have to find ways to fill that three or so hours a day when the baseball would happen. Some of it has been absorbed by the writing biz. But even that requires some sort of stimulus, some sound and moving images...
To fill a little bit of the time, it occured to me to take a quick look at lineup construction. The Cubs don’t have the prototypical leadoff man, but they have several players that would be serviceable, or should be (based on the current roster —this will be revisited as things change).