Today's Gameplan: Bean Bronson Arroyo. Repeatedly.

The Cubs face off against the Reds today for their second game of the season. Pitching for the Boys in Blue Gray is none other than the $40 million dollar man, Ted Lilly. If you've read any of the previous posts, you probably know how I feel about Ted Lilly. He's underachieving, overpaid, and the reigning symbol of the organization's excessive spending spree over the winter. Today, he has the opportunity to prove me wrong. The most effective way for him to do this would be to bean Bronson Arroyo, a pitcher I despise even more. Bronson has long, flowing, golden locks of hair, a painfully awkward windup, and a tendency to hit home runs against the Cubs, and only against the Cubs. If Lilly hits him twice in this game he will have earned his pay. If he can manage to convince the ump that both times were a mistake and pegs Arroyo a third time, the man deserves a bonus. I'm fully expecting him to pitch terribly though, and it will be up to the Cubs' bats to dig us out of the hole he will create. Today could be a tough game.

Bronson should have tried cheerleading in college.

On a side note, RTWF has hit the big time! Well not really, but considering we've only been at it for a week, I'm pretty happy with where we are. Today we were linked to by the good people over at Thunder Matt's Saloon, which is significant because it's a Cubs blog that I've actually read before. And they're linked to by View From the Bleachers, who is linked to by Bleed Cubbie Blue, which means we're practically famous. Or at least that's how I see it.