4/14 Cubs (Arrieta) vs Reds (DeSclafani) 7:05 CSN

[treebird]

good to see marlon byrd is the best left fielder in baseball history now

[KaiserCesar]

Apparently Reds fans call this guy Disco or Discotech.

[treebird]

La Stella has been DLed and Rosscup has been called up.

This could be my favorite roster move of the Epstein era. The bullpen is a bit taxed from a series of short starts, and 3-4 days from now, they can call up Bryant completely for baseball reasons.

I'm not saying Theo intentionally managed to get Olt and La Stella to get hurt somehow to give him a convenient excuse to get Bryant up on the first day possible, but I'm not NOT saying it.

 

"If you hit Mike Olt on the wrist we won't try to win until there are 2 outs in the 9th tomorrow."

 

-Theo to the Rockies on Saturday

 

i like it

[MarkR]

Arrieta's stuff is filthy. I admittedly watched few Cubs games last year (they suck and I live far away), but I'm super impressed with him.

[KaiserCesar]

Pitches against Bruce - getting a little squeezed.

 

http://i.imgur.com/SNIhaa1.png

[ctcf]

Castro walk!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Pretty poor luck for that to turn into a GIDP.

[Guest]

Arrieta's penchant for dropping curveballs on opposing pitchers is hilarious.

[Guest]

Oh look, Arrieta is perfect through 3 again.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Lester and Arrieta's peripherals look pretty similar at this point. For whatever that means.

[Cubswin11]

Arrieta is so [expletive] good

[Guest]

Really impatient at bats thus far. DeSclafani is pounding the zone, but they're playing into his hands by beating everything into the ground too.

[Tryptamine]

This random Red's pitcher is going to match Arietta with some ridiculous 95 pitch CG isn't he?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

This random Red's pitcher is going to match Arietta with some ridiculous 95 pitch CG isn't he?

 

I bet he doesn't.

[Andy]

Oh look, Arrieta is perfect through 3 again.

No such thing as a real jinx, of course, but I still feel I should blame you for this.

[Tryptamine]

I have no real reason to hate Hamilton, but I do.

[OleMissCub]

Hamilton is Cool Papa Bell reincarnated

[Cubswin11]

I have no real reason to hate Hamilton, but I do.

Speedy guys with no real hit tool or on base skills tend to annoy me too

[George Hayduke]

Seemed reachable by Contra, but maybe not.

[Clem Fandango]

Alcantara looked like he slacked on that roller up the middle. Looks liked if he dove for it he would've at least knocked it down.

[Ram1380]

Time for Phillips to "wear one"....wake him up

 

$@$$%$$#

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Can we get some of this BABIP?

[Tryptamine]

Of course the lazy roller gets through, why wouldn't it? Edited April 15, 2015 by Tryptamine

[bcl412]

This inning turned annoying.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Reds fans are gonna be *mad* at Castro, and I would be too if I were them.