This was not my favorite baseball viewing experience, but it was early in the season and the only game I had access to that night so I soldiered through. It was the Cubs home opener, and there was various pageantry surrounding their 2016 World Series win that needed to be fulfilled (as an Indians fan I have to admit to being a tad bit annoyed by that), and then there was a long rain delay but the stupid ceremony proceeded before the game, because I guess the fans couldn’t be denied this. I’m sure the Dodgers, who had been beaten by the Cubs in the NLCS, found this even more irritating than I did.
Once the game started, it was a good one, with the Cubs taking a 2-0 lead after four but stranding six. The Dodgers pushed around single tallies in the sixth and eighth to tie it, also loading the bases with none out in the seventh but failing to score. In the ninth John Jay pinch-hit with a single off Sergio Romo and moved to second on a groundout. Kenley Jansen was summoned to face Kris Bryant, who he fanned with Jay swiping third. Anthony Rizzo lined a 1-1 pitch down the left field line for the winning single
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