Tuesday, June 7: Cubbies in town for two games

[Jagwar]

Hays with the BOMB

[jdwilde1]

Garceu completely botching the home run call for Hays.  Not even close to being foul.

[PHRESH]

Am I hearing things or is Garceau mixing up everyone's name? 

[Jagwar]

I'm really starting to worry about Adley

[seak05]

I miss Brown

[jdwilde1]

Just now, PHRESH said:

Am I hearing things or is Garceau mixing up everyone's name? 

No, you are not hearing things.  I don’t get how he can make so many mistakes.  

[OriolesMagic83]

8 minutes ago, orioles22 said:

I agree with Palmer, as usual. I'd rather we extend Mancini and start building a  core for the next 5-plus years

 

I would rather the O's extend Hays and trade Mancini.  Mancini is probably at his peak now, why pay for his decline.

[emmett16]

6 HRs in 30 years have made it to second deck.  That is a serious display of power.  Made the LF wall look teeny tiny.  

[amdcpus]

Never was impressed with Rutschman, his hitting in the minors was nothing special despite always being above the average age. Tons of guys were way better hitters in the majors 4 years younger than he is right now. Not good.

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, emmett16 said:

6 HRs in 30 years have made it to second deck.  That is a serious display of power.  Made the LF wall look teeny tiny.  

Yeah, and that wasn't in the front row either.   A solid 10+ rows up.

Batting practice the day of the All Star Game, I watched Juan Gonzalez put a whole bunch of balls up there, and even off the facing of the 3rd deck.

But I suspect that they was hitting superballs that day.

[SteveA]

14 minutes ago, PHRESH said:

Am I hearing things or is Garceau mixing up everyone's name? 

I was in the kitchen doing some meal prep, but I thought I heard him call the Cub pitcher Alan Mills.   I chalked it up to being 25 feet away from the TV but maybe not.

[Yossarian]

I would say the Cubs rookie through 81 at bats is doing just a hair better than the Orioles rookie (#1 prospect in MLB) is doing in his 55 at bats.

[OriolesMagic83]

Urias HR almost an Elrod corner fly ball.

[SteveA]

Is that the first time we've seen someone try to go up against that side wall and try to catch a ball (not that he had any chance)?

[OriolesMagic83]

Does the humidor have no effect when the weather is already humid?  When there's low humidity, it would make the ball heavier and I presume decrease distance on how far the ball travels. 

What about high humidity?