King for a Day: the Cubs' One-Time Game #1 Starters

As noted here and everywhere else yesterday, Lou Piniella has decided to give Carlos Zambrano the Opening Day assignment at Houston. It will be the fifth time Zambrano has had the honor; the Cubs have gone 2-2 in Z's previous Opening Day outings. Fergie Jenkins started seven openers for the Cubs, while Rick Sutcliffe started five, and Rick Reuschel, four. The real fun in looking over this list at Baseball-Reference.com is noting which Cub pitchers got to go in Game #1 once, but never again. Here are the last ten such Cub pitchers:   Year Pitcher Opponent Final Score  1999     Steve Trachsel  Houston  4-2 (L)  1998  Kevin Tapani  Florida 11-6 (L)  1997 Terry Mulholland     Florida  4-2 (L)  1996 Jamie Navarro  San Diego  5-4 (W)  1995 Jim Bullinger  Cin...