Spring Training Starts Tomorrow

Well the time has come for spring training games to begin. The Chicago Cubs will play their first Spring Training game tomorrow at 2:20pm ET. The Cubs will face the LA Dodgers at Ho Ho Kam Park in the warm temperatures. This game will kickoff the 2009 pursuit of a World Championship ring. The Cubbies will play just under 40 spring training games to warm up for the 162 game regular season. Jeff Samardzija will be the starting pitcher for the Cubs and I expect him to put on a show this year. I could see him blossoming like Rich Hill did in 2007. I think of our options for the fifth starter he has the most long term potential. Samardzija will obviously be limited in his pitch count and most likely not be throwing 100 percent. I am very interested to see who is going to be put at second base for the game as it could be either Aaron Miles or Mike Fontenot. In my opinion I would love to see Fontenot there but I have not see Miles play much except for the horrid Cardinals. Well hopefully I can sneak a peak and the newly revamped Cubbies tomorrow as should all you Cubs fan out there.