8/19 Tigers (Norris) @ Cubs (Lester) 7:05 PM WPWR, ESPN

[Guest]

thats [expletive] embarassing

 

you call everything embarrassing

 

Uh, no I don't. Go antagonize someone else.

 

you antagonize all of nsbb constantly

[UMFan83]

Why do I feel like certain fans cannot wait to rail on lester the moment he does something not good as if he hasn't been really damn good the last 4 months

[DiamondMind]

So can we please stop rooting for the Giants to win games? The Cubs aren't invincible.

 

As sick as it is, I've been rooting for the Cardinals both series (pitt/SF)

[Sammy Sofa]

So can we please stop rooting for the Giants to win games? The Cubs aren't invincible.

 

Sure they are.

[DiamondMind]

thats [expletive] embarassing

 

you call everything embarrassing

 

Uh, no I don't. Go antagonize someone else.

 

you antagonize all of nsbb constantly

 

welcome to ignore

[d_money]

So wait...was Norris acquired in the Price trade?

[DiamondMind]

So wait...was Norris acquired in the Price trade?

 

yep, he was the piece that held it up for a while

[Sammy Sofa]

Why do I feel like certain fans cannot wait to rail on lester the moment he does something not good as if he hasn't been really damn good the last 4 months

 

You're in a thread regularly filled with malcontents who can't wait to rail on the game even before it starts. One guy regularly rails on the weather as far in advance as possible. They hate the team, the sport, themselves and the world at large, but can't shut the [expletive] up about it.

[TMan92]

Have no fear. We have two absolute black holes in our lineup in Lester and Ross.

[DiamondMind]

No ones a malcontent, Lester just does really stupid [expletive] all the time and it's frustrating.

[Soul]

Be nice to each other now kids

[Bryants Disco Ball]

So can we please stop rooting for the Giants to win games? The Cubs aren't invincible.

 

People have been cheering for the Giants to win?

[DiamondMind]

It bothers me that Lester only does one thing well - pitch. He can't hit, can't field -- so when he does make a mistake on the mound its magnified

[ARCubsFan]

So can we please stop rooting for the Giants to win games? The Cubs aren't invincible.

 

People have been cheering for the Giants to win?

You'd be really surprised. There are people that still think the Cubs can win the division.

[DiamondMind]

We're still winning this game. We've been coming back in games all season.

[Sammy Sofa]

It bothers me that Lester only does one thing well - pitch. He can't hit, can't field -- so when he does make a mistake on the mound its magnified

 

OH CRAP, A PITCHER WHO CAN'T HIT.

[Schwarber Fan]

We're still winning this game. We've been coming back in games all season.

 

Tough lefties have dominated us though.

[ARCubsFan]

lol [expletive] Kinsler

[DiamondMind]

We're still winning this game. We've been coming back in games all season.

 

Tough lefties have dominated us though.

 

Until we rack up their pitch count by the sixth and get into the bullpen.

[Derwood]

Why is ESPN's "behind the pitcher" camera zoomed in about 20% too much?

[philosophizer75]

That is pretty true. Sure he is paid to pitch, but I struggle to come up with someone who is as worthless at every other aspect of the game as he is. He only throws the ball from the rubber to home plate well. Can't hit for [expletive] (excusable, except he drags a second worthless hitter into the lineup every start). Can't field very well. Can't even do the other part of being a pitcher, controlling runners on the bases. I acknowledge that he is a pretty lights out pitcher, but he represents an absolute void in every other aspect of the game.

[DiamondMind]

OH CRAP, A PITCHER WHO CAN'T HIT.

 

You're just being willfully contrarian. You know pitchers can add to their value by being a competent bat. Zambrano added like 1.5 WAR one year, and Lester is literally the worst hitting pitcher in the game. You don't see how that lessens his value in the NL?

 

For a good as a pitcher he can be, he continually shoots himself in the foot with pretty much every other single aspect of NL baseball.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

It bothers me that Lester only does one thing well - pitch. He can't hit, can't field -- so when he does make a mistake on the mound its magnified

 

OH CRAP, A PITCHER WHO CAN'T HIT.

 

I will say that he is sort of right. Lester adds nothing extra. But what he does well is thankfully what matters most.

[TMan92]

This inning is starting well

[Sammy Sofa]

OH CRAP, A PITCHER WHO CAN'T HIT.

 

You're just being willfully contrarian. You know pitchers can add to their value by being a competent bat. Zambrano added like 1.5 WAR one year, and Lester is literally the worst hitting pitcher in the game. You don't see how that lessens his value in the NL?

 

For a good as a pitcher he can be, he continually shoots himself in the foot with pretty much every other single aspect of NL baseball.

 

Zambrano is a clear outlier and a really stupid comparison point. Lester is obviously a shitty hitter even by pitcher standards, but ultimately most of them are just varying versions of the same shitty hitter.