7/30 Mariners (Miley) @ Cubs (Arrieta) 1:20 CSN

[Transmogrified Tiger]

This is on Arrieta and Joe. Why put Arrieta out there with 90 pitches? And Arrieta crapped the bed, especially when one guy was begging to give up an out.

 

Arrieta threw like 4 balls combined to his last 2 hitters, umpire refused to call them.

[UMFan83]

Wow Jake is cruising and starts out up 0-2 to the 8th place hitter with Rondon and Chapman fresh. How could 3 runs have possibly scored there?

Because we lose all the Arrieta starts now.

 

Hey now we did win 1 of those last 7 Jake starts

[David]

Well, if nothing else, hopefully this is a little wake-up call for Joe that Chapman isn't unhittable and he can't rely on him to get out of every tough 8th inning situation when Rondon is perfectly capable of doing it.

 

That's not a wake up call he should need.

 

I wouldn't have started the inning with Arrieta, though.

[BigSlick]

No. You are not allowed to catch a line drive at this point in the game. Not for a guy who's been struggling.

[UMFan83]

Oh this is going to be a frustrating game now where the Cubs start hitting line drives at fielders

[squally1313]

I wonder if this is a no matter what day off for rizzo

[Gmoney08]

The wild pitch on Montero or Chapman? Im listening on radio and picturing Montero catching Chapman looking like the years in Bronco or Mustang when the nastiest pitcher in the league humorously gets paired up with the coach who forgets to draft a catcher.... & 5k innings with parades of pass balls, sb's, walks and drop third strikes hilariously ensues

[CoolHandLuke]

Chapman should have started the inning. If anyone is new wave enough to do it, it's Joe. So, it will never be done.

 

maybe jake shouldn't have walked a .208 hitter and a .232 hitter

 

This.

 

It's so easy to forget with all the [expletive] that happened but Jake just did the wrong thing at a bad time to crappy hitters.

 

And knowing this year's Jake, that is why you should have pulled him and let Rondon start the 8th.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

This is on Arrieta and Joe. Why put Arrieta out there with 90 pitches? And Arrieta crapped the bed, especially when one guy was begging to give up an out.

 

Arrieta threw like 4 balls combined to his last 2 hitters, umpire refused to call them.

 

I'd have to go back and look but I don't think one pitch to the second guy was really close to being a legit bad call ball.

[CoolHandLuke]

None of this matters anyways, because Rizzo is going to save the Cubs with a dinger here.

[Tryptamine]

Rizzobomb please

[BigSlick]

Rizzo hit a dinger and lets all go home happy, thank you

[Sammy Sofa]

This is on Arrieta and Joe. Why put Arrieta out there with 90 pitches? And Arrieta crapped the bed, especially when one guy was begging to give up an out.

 

Arrieta threw like 4 balls combined to his last 2 hitters, umpire refused to call them.

 

I'd have to go back and look but I don't think one pitch to the second guy was really close to being a legit bad call ball.

 

Yeah, he just whiffed on the second guy, but the first guy he struck out twice and it didn't get called.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The wild pitch on Montero or Chapman? Im listening on radio and picturing Montero catching Chapman looking like the years in Bronco or Mustang when the nastiest pitcher in the league humorously gets paired up with the coach who forgets to draft a catcher.... & 5k innings with parades of pass balls, sb's, walks and drop third strikes hilariously ensues

 

I'd say 70/30 Montero/Chapman

[Sammy Sofa]

What's all of these assholes calling it a dinger? WE SAY DONG HERE LIKE MEN WHO LIKE DONGS.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

$25 to the board if Riz hits a dong.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

And now Chapman and Rondon are out of the game. What a horrible misuse of Chapman and Rondon.

[Irrelevant Dude]

What a time for my dish to go out.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

The wild pitch on Montero or Chapman? Im listening on radio and picturing Montero catching Chapman looking like the years in Bronco or Mustang when the nastiest pitcher in the league humorously gets paired up with the coach who forgets to draft a catcher.... & 5k innings with parades of pass balls, sb's, walks and drop third strikes hilariously ensues

 

Montero left a gap between the dirt and his glove. The ball found it.

[snoodmonger]

This is on Arrieta and Joe. Why put Arrieta out there with 90 pitches? And Arrieta crapped the bed, especially when one guy was begging to give up an out.

 

Arrieta threw like 4 balls combined to his last 2 hitters, umpire refused to call them.

 

That's sort of irrelevant. They were called balls. And they were hardly center cut fastballs. Sometimes you don't get the corner.

[Thusly Boned]

The wild pitch on Montero or Chapman? Im listening on radio and picturing Montero catching Chapman looking like the years in Bronco or Mustang when the nastiest pitcher in the league humorously gets paired up with the coach who forgets to draft a catcher.... & 5k innings with parades of pass balls, sb's, walks and drop third strikes hilariously ensues

 

I'd say 70/30 Montero/Chapman

 

Yeah, it was pretty much right at his five hole and he tried to backhand it instead of smothering it.

[CoolHandLuke]

Keep Rizzo in the game and move Contreras to catcher.

[UMFan83]

Good to see they aren't squeezing the Mariners like they did Jake

[BigSlick]

I'm not really interested in blaming anybody. Sometimes bad things happen. Sometimes you just get outplayed on certain plays.

 

I wouldn't have bunted, and I might have let Rondon get that last out, but also, whatever.

Edited July 30, 2016 by BigSlick

[Tryptamine]

Not a strike the first time, but apparently a strike that time. Nice consistency.