The two greatest words in the English language...

[iandhr]

...

OPENING DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Followed by

Cheap Seats!

[AngryAmish]

2. Finally.

[Morning Dew]

3. LOL. I like the seven greatest words -

Spring Training Begins. Pitcher And Catchers Report.

[TlalocW]

4. I prefer the words...

Players strike.

TlalocW

[HereSince1628]

5. Can this Cubs fan get through the week without saying the two most FAMOUS words?

Next Year!

[iandhr]

6. lol

[GoCubsGo]

17. Well, you're off to a good start!

They won their opener--in spite of Carlos Marmol. (And, despite having some great players on the DL--already.) This could be the only time they're in in first place all year...

[HereSince1628]

19. Sure looked like LAST year with Marmol pitching...

Had to laugh at the new WGN color commentator...Marmol SOMETIMES has trouble with control.

I'll see that some and call it at least half the time

[GoCubsGo]

20. No kidding!

When he's on, he's on. But, he's off more than he's on. It's maddening. I'm glad Sveum pulled him out when he did.

I like that new color guy, so far. He's very entertaining, and he knows his stuff. I kinda like him better than Bob Brenley.

[HereSince1628]

21. I was screaming at the tv for Sveum to pull him earlier.

IMO the right move would've been to pull him last November.

[GoCubsGo]

23. That makes at least two of us.

I really don't know if I can take yet another season of this kind of crap. I really don't understand why they keep him.

[11 Bravo]

7. I've always been partial to "pitchers and catchers report", but let's call it a draw.

Now, LET'S GO NATS! (Harper and Strasburg sure got off to a tough start - two ABs, two bombs ... and seven innings and no runs).

[11 Bravo]

9. And Soriano just closed it out, baby! Let's go Nats!

[TimberValley]

8. Two other great words in English

RANGERS WIN!

[Iggo]

10. "It's time for Dodger baseball." -- Vin Scully.

[GoCubsGo]

11. I thought theywere "Play Ball!"

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

24. Want to win a bar bet?

Or any kind of bet actually. In the rule book, it says this:

4.02 The players of the home team shall take their defensive positions, the first batter of
the visiting team shall take his position in the batter’s box, the umpire shall call “Play” and
the game shall start.

So "Play Ball" is not really correct. Just sayin................

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. I'm with you 1000% on your post.

Unfortunately, I'm not with you on your avatar. Go O's!

[Gemini Cat]

13. Opening Day should be a national holiday

and when I'm president I shall make it so!!!

PLAY BALL and GO GO WHITE SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[11 Bravo]

14. You just garnered 4 votes (my wife, myself, and our two sons)!

[HappyMe]

16. Blackhawks Win!

My other 2 favorite words.

[GoCubsGo]

22. Mine, too.

I hope we hear them again tonight.

[canoeist52]

15. Ah yes, Opening Day - a fine old tradition...I remember it well.

[talkingmime]

18. And here I thought you were going to say "FUCK YOU!" - two words, right?

Those two words are amazingly adaptable to various situations. It can mean "FUCK you" as in, "shove off", "you won the card game", bad insult, "eat shit", or anything else in the mildly offensive but not intended to be department.

It can ALSO mean "fuck YOU!", which by the intonation alone indicates a direct attack on an individual.

Cats use the diminuative form "fuck you" just because they are cats.

And "FUCK YOU!!!!" pretty much comes across the way it sounds.

Then there are variations like "fuuuuCCCKKKK Yooouuuuu" which is only used by people under the age of twenty who like to wear their pants down below their asses so their plaid boxer shorts show.

There's also the Italian slang "fangool", which technically means "go do it in the ass" but in English translates into "fuck you".

In Russian it is пошел на хуй (poshel na kooea), but ебать ваш (yebate vash) means pretty much the same thing but more in line with "yourself".

Then there's the "fuck you" used after a long night of drinking at a rough bar. This generally results in twenty or so stitches in the emergency room. "Have a good evening" is considered to be a better departing comment in such situations.

[Earth_First]

25. As a fisher who resides in New York State...

I concur!