The Jon Lester Signs w/ Cubs - 6 yrs/$155 Million

[Clem Fandango]

He also plays every fifth day. Even if he pitches in only day games all year its not like he's out there the night before giving 110% from the bench. He'll be well rested, day or night. Schedule should be insignificant. Unless he just really doesn't like waking up early. I bet he hates Mondays.

[Deeg]

He also plays every fifth day. Even if he pitches in only day games all year its not like he's out there the night before giving 110% from the bench. He'll be well rested, day or night. Schedule should be insignificant. Unless he just really doesn't like waking up early. I bet he hates Mondays.

 

He still has to be at the ballpark though, and he has kids. Part of the equation may be which schedule allows him to see his kids more often (which is debatable). Or Schilling could simply be blowing smoke out of his ass as usual.

[SouthSideRyan]

I would think having kids would make you want to have more day games. Drop em off at school every day during the school year, home in time for dinner.

[treebird]

I would think having kids would make you want to have more day games. Drop em off at school every day during the school year, home in time for dinner.

 

maybe he hates his family

[Guest]

what are you assholes doing awake

[Deeg]

I would think having kids would make you want to have more day games. Drop em off at school every day during the school year, home in time for dinner.

 

Except during the summer when the kids are out of school, more day games would be worse. In the end it's probably a wash, and probably isn't a big factor anyway.

[KingCubsFan]

I would think having kids would make you want to have more day games. Drop em off at school every day during the school year, home in time for dinner.

Yeah, I think Wood or Dempster said that the day games were better for families.

[d_money]

He also plays every fifth day. Even if he pitches in only day games all year its not like he's out there the night before giving 110% from the bench. He'll be well rested, day or night. Schedule should be insignificant. Unless he just really doesn't like waking up early. I bet he hates Mondays.

 

He still has to be at the ballpark though, and he has kids. Part of the equation may be which schedule allows him to see his kids more often (which is debatable). Or Schilling could simply be blowing smoke out of his ass as usual.

According to Maddon, he's pretty lax on when players report to the park.

[rawaction]

@DYST_Now: SOURCE: An NL team is preparing a 6yr 144 million offer for Jon Lester. Cubs, Cardinals and Braves have all contacted him.

 

Have no idea who that is but a couple of Cubs people like Julie DiCaro re tweeted it

 

Edit: apparently it's a Syracuse newspaper

 

6/144 looks like a steal if he accepts that. I'd have to imagine it's the Cubs. Have the other teams met with him in person?

[jersey cubs fan]

I would think having kids would make you want to have more day games. Drop em off at school every day during the school year, home in time for dinner.

 

Except during the summer when the kids are out of school, more day games would be worse. In the end it's probably a wash, and probably isn't a big factor anyway.

 

when the kids are home from school having to work during the day is the best option.

[Sammy Sofa]

He also plays every fifth day. Even if he pitches in only day games all year its not like he's out there the night before giving 110% from the bench. He'll be well rested, day or night. Schedule should be insignificant. Unless he just really doesn't like waking up early. I bet he hates Mondays.

 

He still has to be at the ballpark though, and he has kids. Part of the equation may be which schedule allows him to see his kids more often (which is debatable). Or Schilling could simply be blowing smoke out of his ass as usual.

According to Maddon, he's pretty lax on when players report to the park.

 

Uh-oh, you just set off the Kaplan-Signal.

[Banedon]

He also plays every fifth day. Even if he pitches in only day games all year its not like he's out there the night before giving 110% from the bench. He'll be well rested, day or night. Schedule should be insignificant. Unless he just really doesn't like waking up early. I bet he hates Mondays.

 

He still has to be at the ballpark though, and he has kids. Part of the equation may be which schedule allows him to see his kids more often (which is debatable). Or Schilling could simply be blowing smoke out of his ass as usual.

According to Maddon, he's pretty lax on when players report to the park.

 

Uh-oh, you just set off the Kaplan-Signal.

 

Oooh, someone should directly ask Maddon his feeling on players not running hard to first base on routine grounders.

[UMFan83]

Buster Olney

@Buster_ESPN

A lot of team executives follow the bidding of other teams like fans, and many predicting the Cubs will be the team that signs Jon Lester.

 

Ride that roller coaster

[Warren Brusstar]

He also plays every fifth day. Even if he pitches in only day games all year its not like he's out there the night before giving 110% from the bench. He'll be well rested, day or night. Schedule should be insignificant. Unless he just really doesn't like waking up early. I bet he hates Mondays.

 

He still has to be at the ballpark though, and he has kids. Part of the equation may be which schedule allows him to see his kids more often (which is debatable). Or Schilling could simply be blowing smoke out of his ass as usual.

According to Maddon, he's pretty lax on when players report to the park.

 

Uh-oh, you just set off the Kaplan-Signal.

 

Oooh, someone should directly ask Maddon his feeling on players not running hard to first base on routine grounders.

 

Someone has:

 

http://coachbones.com/joe-maddons-number-one-rule/

 

All I want our guys to do is run hard to first base. You can make as many throwing errors as you need to. You can throw to the wrong base as often as you want to. You could strike out with the bases loaded ten times in a row. I don’t care, as long as you run hard to first base.

 

I really believe that kind of effort permeates the rest of your game. I think if you have the mental where with all to run hard to first base – every time – you’re gonna work a better At Bat. You’re gonna throw to the right base. You’re gonna be head’s up and go first to third. You’re gonna do all those things, just by having this little thing within you that causes or makes you want to run hard to first base all the time.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

After reading some of the arguments that really lay out how badly pitchers age anymore, I think I'm taking half a foot off the Lester bandwagon.

 

I'll still be happy if we sign him, but pitchers seem to be hitting a wall at 32/33 anymore.

[Guest]

 

Oooh, someone should directly ask Maddon his feeling on players not running hard to first base on routine grounders.

 

Someone has:

 

http://coachbones.com/joe-maddons-number-one-rule/

 

All I want our guys to do is run hard to first base. You can make as many throwing errors as you need to. You can throw to the wrong base as often as you want to. You could strike out with the bases loaded ten times in a row. I don’t care, as long as you run hard to first base.

 

I really believe that kind of effort permeates the rest of your game. I think if you have the mental where with all to run hard to first base – every time – you’re gonna work a better At Bat. You’re gonna throw to the right base. You’re gonna be head’s up and go first to third. You’re gonna do all those things, just by having this little thing within you that causes or makes you want to run hard to first base all the time.

 

Yep. Was gonna say, he talks about it a lot and how it's pretty much his only rule.

[ConstableRabbit]

After reading some of the arguments that really lay out how badly pitchers age anymore, I think I'm taking half a foot off the Lester bandwagon.

 

I'll still be happy if we sign him, but pitchers seem to be hitting a wall at 32/33 anymore.

 

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b377/xdmray/you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-28816-1282288838-7.jpg

 

[Guest]

@jaysonst: John Hart on #Braves meeting with Lester today: "Is it a long shot? Yeah, it's a long shot ... (but) we're keeping all the doors open."

[Warren Brusstar]

 

Oooh, someone should directly ask Maddon his feeling on players not running hard to first base on routine grounders.

 

Someone has:

 

http://coachbones.com/joe-maddons-number-one-rule/

 

All I want our guys to do is run hard to first base. You can make as many throwing errors as you need to. You can throw to the wrong base as often as you want to. You could strike out with the bases loaded ten times in a row. I don’t care, as long as you run hard to first base.

 

I really believe that kind of effort permeates the rest of your game. I think if you have the mental where with all to run hard to first base – every time – you’re gonna work a better At Bat. You’re gonna throw to the right base. You’re gonna be head’s up and go first to third. You’re gonna do all those things, just by having this little thing within you that causes or makes you want to run hard to first base all the time.

 

Yep. Was gonna say, he talks about it a lot and how it's pretty much his only rule.

 

Yep. It's awesome. Start running out of the box, Starlin.

 

It's nice to see a SABR-savvy manager recognize the importance of running hard to first base. Maddon's rule isn't solely the province of meatballs.

[Clem Fandango]

HE'S GONNA RUIN SOLER FIRE HIM NOW

[SCCubbieFAN]

I'm predicting Lester signs with Atlanta.

[nocode416]

just got an unsolicited text from Lester's father-in-law... "Could be a Cub"

 

holy shitballs.

 

on another note, with this Braves talk going on, I know Lester makes Atlanta his offseason home... hopefully that won't prove to be an issue.

[gscool89]

just got an unsolicited text from Lester's father-in-law... "Could be a Cub"

Wait, what?

[UMFan83]

just got an unsolicited text from Lester's father-in-law... "Could be a Cub"

 

holy [expletive].

 

on another note, with this Braves talk going on, I know Lester makes Atlanta his offseason home... hopefully that won't prove to be an issue.

 

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[UMFan83]

just got an unsolicited text from Lester's father-in-law... "Could be a Cub"

 

holy [expletive].

 

on another note, with this Braves talk going on, I know Lester makes Atlanta his offseason home... hopefully that won't prove to be an issue.

 

??

 

Ohh whoops I missed this earlier:

 

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Evidently Lester is meeting with Red Sox and then heading to Chicago to meet with Theo et al next week. Please, God. Source? I'm friends with Lester's wife's family and they know me to be a diehard Cubs fan... I mentioned some stuff earlier in this thread and was somewhat mocked (deservedly so, I m...

 

If he's making it up he's been doing a slow play, bc he's been saying this for 2 months and posting sporadically in between posts.