The cliche, "It's a long season" really comes in handy at times like these.

So after Vinnie bitches and moans for four months about the Cubs paying primo dinero for two mediocre pitchers (one arguably being a scrape of the barrel), both Ted Lilly and Jason Marquis shut my haughty ass up by pitching really well in each of their first starts.

Then again, it's been like 15 below in Cincy all week, so let's wait and see how they fare once the hitters can feel their scrotums.