8/31 Pirates (Vogelsong) @ Cubs (Hammel), 7:05 PM, CSN ESPN

[MWV]

You can't walk a guy after going ahead 0-2, Grimm.

To be fair, those 2 pitches weren't really strikes.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

That was amazing.

[Splendid Splinter]

Wow that's one of the best defensive plays I have ever seen holy [expletive].

 

Is that even in the top 3 this year for the Cubs? Top 5? Lol

 

Its crazy how many awesome plays they've made this year.

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i was watching szczur and then russell came out of nowhere

[Cubswin11]

Nice Heyward

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Wow that's one of the best defensive plays I have ever seen holy [expletive].

 

Is that even in the top 3 this year for the Cubs? Top 5? Lol

 

Its crazy how many awesome plays they've made this year.

 

I think so especially if you factor in importance. Going into the stands is fun and all but I thought this was more impressive.

[Brian]

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[Bryants Disco Ball]

Now that I saw the Russell catch, I can confirm that the "popped out to shortstop" on GameDay really doesn't do it justice.

[Ski]

Calling a Russell bomb here.

[Brian]

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[soccer10k]

After a rare day without a hit (for the last 10 days, at least), Heyward picks up another 2 hits tonight.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Now that I saw the Russell catch, I can confirm that the "popped out to shortstop" on GameDay really doesn't do it justice.

I'm mildly surprised gameday survived that play

[Brian]

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[Tim]

If we have super-Jorge and Heyward is fixed...how does anyone beat this team?

[Omar]

 

The best part about that tweet was the replies

 

http://i.imgur.com/rDgVR3w.png

[Brian]

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[Ding Dong Johnson]

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how in the hell is that information readily available?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

If we have super-Jorge and Heyward is fixed...how does anyone beat this team?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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how in the hell is that information readily available?

 

Petriello works on Statcast stuff

[UMFan83]

What % of 2-0 counts to Javy get turned into walks and what do you think the league average is?

[Tim]

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how in the hell is that information readily available?

I present Baseball Savant: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search

[Cubswin11]

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how in the hell is that information readily available?

That's a guy who works at MLB and pretty much only tweets about stat cast stuff

[Ski]

Baez is like one of those Little Leaguers who thinks walks are lame.

[UMFan83]

Really hope wood can have a good inning so we can save Chapman from a 3rd straight day of work

[Cubswin11]

It's plate appearances like that, that make me have extreme doubts about Javy's long-term viability as an everyday player/starter vs RHP