Set for onesie trip, Arrieta has no-no flashbacks

LOS ANGELES — Sunday will be the Cubs’ second “onesie” trip, in which players will be allowed to wear their pajamas on the flight from Los Angeles to Chicago. Last year’s pajama party followed Jake Arrieta’s first career no-hitter, but that was a night game.

“It’ll be slightly warm in my onesie,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Saturday. “It’ll be a warm onesie departure.”

Arrieta, who did not pitch in this series, said he’s had plenty of flashbacks to that game last Aug. 30.

“Just standing here — it was the same locker,” he said in the visitors’ clubhouse on Saturday. “I remember vividly everyone in their onesies [after the game]. Everyone was having a good time and enjoying the moment.

“It was a really good experience and everybody has a good story from it. Over time, you get to talk to everyone and get their take on it and their experience.”

Arrieta has had fans tell him that was their first Cubs game, and how they’re now fans for life. Did he want to pitch this weekend?

“It’s a great place to pitch,” he said. “Even if you don’t have success — it’s the environment, the field, the mound. The conditions are perfect to pitch here. It’s a really neat place. The weather is always fantastic. There’s no excuses not to enjoy it.”

On Thursday, Arrieta watched the end of the Dodgers-Giants game and saw Matt Moore come close to no-hitting Los …

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