Yahoo! News - Cubs' Wood to Get Opening Day Nod
MESA, Ariz. - Kerry Wood will start the Chicago Cubs opener in Cincinnati on April 5 and be followed by Greg Maddux and Mark Prior.

Manager Dusty Baker wants to use Maddux, the four-time Cy Young Award winner who re-signed with the Cubs this month, and his crafty assortment of pitches between his two young power pitchers Wood and Prior.

The way the rotation is set up means Maddux will not start a game during Chicago's second series in Atlanta against the team he pitched for the last 11 years.

Instead, Maddux will be slated to go in the Cubs' home opener April 12 against the Pirates.

That place is going to explode...