8/22 Orioles (Gausman) vs. Cubs (Arrieta) 1:20 pm CT WGN

[sneakypower]

ugh, more of this lane nonsense

[Cubswin11]

ugh, more of this lane nonsense

Really surprised they upheld that, given what they've considered not leaving a lane for the runner this year.

[fallacy]

Good. Blocking the plate is a [expletive] rule anyway

[sneakypower]

and justice prevails for the good guys

[jersey cubs fan]

good take javy

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm worried about javy

[Careless]

What's the record pace for balls out of a stadium as a rookie?

[sneakypower]

i'm having heart palpitations.

[Clem Fandango]

We're gonna need a gif of Gausman's [expletive]

[NOLA]

Javy, please become Gary Sheffield.

[UMFan83]

Go Javy! Just needed some discouragement from the NSBB faithful

[Cubswin11]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view7/2959469/champ-whammy-o.gif

[Brian]

:stickman:

[UMFan83]

If Jake pitched a CG today, he'd be 1 IP short of qualifying for league leaders in ERA. If he qualified, he'd be 5th in the NL and 8th in MLB

[DiamondMind]

http://i.imgur.com/oQuOCTG.png

[sneakypower]

ZiPS has Logan Watkins for a 79 wRC+; with his speed and positional flexibility, that could actually make for a pretty useful utility bat

[UMFan83]

Man its crazy how depressed scoring is these days.

 

I'm looking at the Orioles lineup stats and I'm thinking this is a team 21 games over .500 they should have a solid lineup all the way through.

 

Don't get me wrong they have some good hitters, but when the 2008 Cubs were 20+ games over .500 they had like 3-4 hitters statistically as good as the Orioles best hitter. Theriot was probably our worst hitter and he's better then at least 3 hitters in the Orioles lineup today

[kujay]

http://m.cubs.mlb.com/chc/video/v35566347/balchc-baez-hammers-a-solo-homer-deep-to-left-field/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140822_30315336

 

Damn that was a bomb.

[jersey cubs fan]

that's a hit cantra

[ScrubMD]

Nice dive, Flaherty.

[jersey cubs fan]

uhhhhhhh, javy, you don't have to take the fastballs won the middle

[bukie]

Strop in, just to remind the O's exactly how much they gave up for a handful of Feldman starts.

[bukie]

Also cute, the O's fans at the hangout actually think the Cubs are somehow rubbing it in by pitching Arrieta and Strop today, as opposed to the possibility that Arrieta's turn was up in the rotation, and Strop is the normal setup man.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

O's Hangout is hilarious, haha.

[jersey cubs fan]

and as if the Cubs have something to be rubbing