March 26 is not an ideal time to begin the MLB season. That means some cold weather teams will have six home games in March. Brrrr. And the Cubs are getting the worst of it, opening the season at Wrigley Field in the earliest-ever regular-season game there on March 26, part of a six-game homestand against two teams that only come to Wrigley once.

I just don’t get it. I’ve written many times about how the warm-weather/dome teams need to just suck it up and have a few more home games the first couple of weeks. Instead, we are left for praying for a warm March in Chicago. Further, there will be 12 home games before April 12. Seriously, MLB, come on.

In any case, here we are, and everyone will have to make the best of it.

The longest Cubs homestands are seven games, once in late April vs. t

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