Trying not to panic.

Okay. See, this is why I was uncomfortable with the preseason expectations. Look at what happened! The Cubs are 0-2, not 0-10. It's way, way too early to get concerned. Yes, it's annoying to lose to the Brewers. And yes, neither the bats nor the bullpen have looked great so far. But it's the second game of the season. If 2007 taught us anything, it's not to get too worked up about falling a couple games behind the Brewers, or losing two in a row.

Yeah, 8-2 sucks. But you know what? The impression I got was that balls were falling in for them that weren't falling in for us. That's the sort of thing that evens out over a long season, as it did last year. So I'm not overly concerned yet. I don't like losing, I don't like losing to the Brewers, I don't like listening to them lose on the radio (and frankly it's kind of annoying hearing Santo go "Oh, jeez!" like a little kid every time something bad happens). But it's not like we were gonna go 162-0, right? Even the most optimistic Cubs fan expected between 60 and 70 losses this year. So, here's two of them. Now let's just start putting some numbers into that win column.

It didn't take Lou long to decide that hitting Soriano second wasn't working; he's back to leadoff. The next question is, how long does Theriot have in the second spot? Well, if he keeps going 2-for-4 he can stay there. We'll see.