CHICAGO — Every opening day brings a reminder of something from the past, and the past is a prologue when it comes to the Chicago Cubs.
The yin and yang of Cubs baseball was in evidence again Thursday at the season opener at Wrigley Field, where the Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 4-0, in the first game of the pitch-clock era.
Winning pitcher Marcus Stroman made history in the third inning with MLB’s first pitch-clock violation, new shortstop Dansby Swanson finished with three hits and drove in the season’s first run and the Cubs played stellar defense on a cold and sunny afternoon.
