There aren’t any photos available to me from the Cubs’ 8-1 win over the White Sox in the 2024 Spring Training opener, so instead you get the “Complaint Department Closed” image, and I thought I’d do this recap by “department,” thusly:
First Inning Department
Former Cub Jesse Chavez is trying to make the White Sox as a 40-year-old non-roster guy this spring. It did not go well for him in his first outing. A leadoff single by Ian Happ was followed by this homer from Christopher Morel [VIDEO].
The rest of the inning was all Cubs, too, the big blow a bases-clearing double by Joe Hudson, and like me you were wondering, “Who’s that?