If the Devil Rays are like most teams, their gates open up in 3 minutes for the Cubs @ Rays game tonight at 6:10 p.m. (I'm still waiting for my letter of reprimand from the Tampa baseball organization.)

Woot!

Oh, and just in case you missed it, I was quoted extensively in the Bradenton Herald this morning, because of my effort writing for the Goat Rides of the Apocalypse.

Clarke thinks manager Lou Piniella has the moxie to bring a World Series title to Wrigley Field. Now, if he only had the depth of starting pitchers.

Clarke thinks if anything gets in the way of the Cubs this season, it will be a shaky rotation and not a black cat or the curse placed by the owner of a Billy goat who was kicked out of Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series.

"I'm cautiously optimistic on the merits of the team," Clarke said.