08/21 Washington (Ohlendorf) @ CUBS (Arrieta) 7:05 CDT, WGN

[Fred Hornkohl]

Go CUBS !!

[fallingpieces]

Today will be my first shot seeing Arrietta pitch. I had to listen to the other two on the radio. Should be interesting....

[Guest]

Interesting:

 

Castro SS

Rizzo 1B

Lake LF

Schierholtz RF

Murphy 3B

Bogusevic LF

Barney 2B

Castillo C

Arrieta P

[treebird]

Interesting:

 

Castro SS

Rizzo 1B

Lake LF

Schierholtz RF

Murphy 3B

Bogusevic LF

Barney 2B

Castillo C

Arrieta P

 

castro-rizzo-lake 1-2-3 for the rest of the season is fine with me

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

@sahadevsharma 3m

 

Kinda like Castro & Rizzo up top for now. Get them as many PAs as possible (batting them 1-2 does that) & let them work out of the doldrums

[Cubswin11]

That seems like a lineup configuration that came from the FO.

[Guest]

That seems like a lineup configuration that came from the FO.

 

It really does, considering what Sveum said about hitting him 8th last night.

[Guest]

TT with the Freudian slip on defensive positioning?

[XZero771679666304]

Interesting:

 

Castro SS

Rizzo 1B

Lake LF

Schierholtz RF

Murphy 3B

Bogusevic LF

Barney 2B

Castillo C

Arrieta P

 

castro-rizzo-lake 1-2-3 for the rest of the season is fine with me

 

 

Absolutely. Castro and Rizzo need to work their [expletive] out, and need all the ABs they can get in which to do so. There's no reason not to do this from here on out.

[ScrubMD]

It'd be pretty awesome if they've really managed to unleash Arrieta's potential. Samardzija and a fully operational Arrieta would be a nice core to build a rotation around.

[sneakypower]

very nice.

[Gingerballs Lives]

Nice job Rizzo. Well past time for him to be moved out of the 3 hole.

 

Arietta looks terrific so far, too.

[Guest]

This ump forgot he's supposed to calling balls and strikes.

[Guest]

We've never gotten Adam LaRoche out

[Guest]

Now they arent swinging at anything

[ScrubMD]

And I spoke too soon. Now Arrieta is all over the place.

[Gingerballs Lives]

Nice job Rizzo. Well past time for him to be moved out of the 3 hole.

 

Arietta looks terrific so far, too.

 

And just as I say that, he loses command. :palm

[Schwarber Fan]

fiddlesticks

[Guest]

[expletive] off [expletive] off [expletive] off

[Schwarber Fan]

Letting that happen on 0-2 to a clearly incompetent bunter is embarrassing.

[Guest]

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[Schwarber Fan]

home plate umpiring ridiculous once again

[Schwarber Fan]

well let's hope that's not the real Arrieta

[Andy]

Remember when we were all excited for Jake Arrieta?

[TruffleShuffle]

last time we saw why there's still a lot of hope in arrieta; tonight we see why the good stuff has not amounted to good results.