Cubs travel to Colorado for Steele's 2nd start.

Well... 5 games into 2022, the Cubs are 3-2 and already have half as many wins vs Milwaukee as they did in all of 2021, when they were 4-15 vs Brewers.
Last Saturday in his first start of the year, 26 year old Justin Steele's dance partner was Brandon Woodruff, an All-Star last year with a 2.56 ERA.
Gulp.
I mean, before this game started how confident were you?
Didn't matter to Steele, who went 5 and gave up nothin' but a walk and 4 singles. 
In the 4th, both Adames and Yelich led off with singles, but Steele escaped when he got Renfroe to ground out, then struck out Hiura and Taylor.
This season is just a little tiny baby, but if Steele keeps it up omg that would be huge.

He'll be starting tonight in the skinny air of Colorado, which means we'll all see Kris Bryant in another funny uniform and have our emotions put in a blender. 
Have you been keeping tabs?
Bryant is .350/.391/.500 with 3 doubles, Rizzo is .300/.481/.800 with 3 dingers, and El Mago is .316/.350/.526 with one homer and one walk. 
And...
Seiya Suzuki is .400/.524/.1000 with 3 homers, 6 hits, 5 BBs and 5 Ks.
Not gonna use the word "sustainable", but instead just... how about that?
CRAZY COOL!

Jed Hoyer told us this team would be "scrappy", and he was right.
You saw the benches clear against the Brewers. 
Names change, but the plunking is constant.
If you saw the post game... Rick Sutcliffe hilariously just flat out said that Rossy instructed Keegan Thompson to hit Andrew McCutchen. 
This was after Woodruff hit Contreras and Madrigal, and Gott hit Ian Happ in the knee with a gunshot sound that made me leave the room.
Then later of course Ross and Hottovy and Thompson all denied denied DENIED!
Whatever, hopefully no one gets seriously injured and.. I may have to do some "I hate the Brewers" pages.

And now it's game #6 for the 2nd place Cubs. 
It would be nice if Frank the Tank and Mr. Wisdom would wake up, but overall this team looks like some serious fun.
Nico Hoerner's Derek Jeter impersonation against the Pirates was jaw dropping, and the bullpen seems to be the opposite of early last year's strugglers.
You've read over and over that it's either a "rebuild" and "not a rebuild", so how about we just call it a "build" and enjoy the summer?

If I time it right, I should be pulling some chicken off the grill about 7:30, get some plates ready and tune in for the 7:40 start.
Ahhh, that's heaven.
 
Go Cubs, and lastly for all you Wilco fans, here's a Jeff Tweedy painting.