5/4 Cubs (Lester) @ Pirates (Nicasio) - 11:35 CST - MLBN/CSN

[badger]

Hughes literally looks like what a mouthbreather would look like if that was an official thing.

[Hunter]

 

Yeah but that's not what you said. It's May 4th. Lester had a 1.76 ERA in May last year. He had terrible BAPIP luck in April, as evidenced by a 6.23 ERA and a 2.21 FIP. He's really good, along with the rest of this team. Enjoy it.

 

Sorry I didn't equate the time frame, and I didn't realize Lester was that good last May. I just remember last april vs. how he ended the season.

In general it's just safe to not "remember" a time when Lester was bad with the Cubs because Lester has been a great pitcher for the Cubs.

 

More of a function of our bad luck at the start of last season I think.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 17-4 (.810) when they draw 4 or more walks.... 2-2 (.500) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[CubInOK]

hahahaha we chase their pitcher out after 4.1 IP . I looooove this team

It gets kinda boring when we do this every game.

I'm sorry. It's not boring.

 

This team is fungood.

[David]

i just remembered that blurb about the pirate player being pissed when we took the lead last friday and i smiled

[UMFan83]

Last Year Lester would not have produced the same results that inning

 

13th best pitcher in baseball Last Year Lester? Good call.

 

Just because Rondon Fan isn't here doesn't mean we need someone to take his place.

 

 

Lester was fine at the end of the season and was good. He just had a bad start if you recall.

 

If you just take off his first 4 starts he had a 2.99 ERA in his other 28 starts and opponents had a .228 BA/.642 OPS hitting against hi,

[BigSlick]

There's no reason to ever be bored with a good baseball team because a good baseball team trouncing another one is always 10000000x more exciting than a bad team, even if that bad team is in more "exciting" games. I root and expect curbstompings every night out.

 

As much as I want walks or dongs every at bat, I kinda hate watching people run the bases. I'm the most ultra-conservative baserunner watcher, even if that isn't optimal and isn't what this team is good at (they're very good at running the bases), just at an emotional level, I haaaaaaaate seeing someone thrown out on the bases.

[UMFan83]

dear god coomer is so bad at describing what happened

 

When something out of the ordinary happens, he breaks like MLB Gameday

[Guancous]

woah, look at this guy

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/453172.jpg

 

He looks like Jude Law three years after he discovered meth.

[David]

i want javy to get a position player pitching appearance so bad but we're never gonna have a tired enough bullpen and we'll never be that deep in extras

[BigSlick]

i want javy to get a position player pitching appearance so bad but we're never gonna have a tired enough bullpen and we'll never be that deep in extras

The David Ross inning was pretty great last year

 

We know Jordy Mercer will be safe because its literally impossible for us to get him out

[badger]

out by a hair it looks like

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Looks out to me.

[UMFan83]

The Cubs run differential in 2.5 games this series (+15) is better than 22 of the other 29 teams for the entire season.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Overturning the call on that play is a joke and just wrong.

[17 Seconds]

so it doesn't have to be conclusive

[David]

The Cubs run differential in 2.5 games this series (+15) is better than 22 of the other 29 teams for the entire season.

 

Wait til they play someone good.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

i want javy to get a position player pitching appearance so bad but we're never gonna have a tired enough bullpen and we'll never be that deep in extras

we need to be up by 15 after a long stretch of no days off

[Omar]

i want javy to get a position player pitching appearance so bad but we're never gonna have a tired enough bullpen and we'll never be that deep in extras

we need to be up by 15 after a long stretch of no days off

 

sorry, david ross already pissed on the mound and claimed his territory

[BigSlick]

just get out of the inning, these guys are annoying and this inning should be fuckin done

[Banedon]

Feels like we should be up by more than 4.

[BigSlick]

David Freese has long been one of my least favorite players so when we embarrass him it owns

[David]

lester's tantrums are hilarious

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'd like to see inning length by time so I know if the 5th really is always 3x longer or if it's just the Coomer Effect

[UMFan83]

lester's tantrums are hilarious

 

Yes they are at lot more endearing than Lackey's