8/5 Cubs (Lester) @ A's (Overton) 9:05 CST CSN

[Clem Fandango]

After the longest day off in history, the Cubs are set to face the Athletics of Oakland after sweeping the Marlins in dramatic fashion. And by dramatic fashion, I mean one of the worst pitching meltdowns of the year that was capped by one of the worst wild pitches ever thrown in history. HISTORY!

 

The Cubs will be facing off against Dillon Overton

 

 

This son of a bitch is clearly the owner of several Abraham Lincoln costumes, which can be the only reason he's kept this beard since he was last in college 3 years ago.

 

http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/lead630-42b977957bc065c1f5eb10d0131c79be.jpg

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/592614.jpg

 

He's also the proud owner of this MLB stat line:

 

                                                                      
W   L  ERA G GS   IP ER HR BB SO ERA+  FIP  WHIP   H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
1   2 9.33 4  4 18.1 19  9  6 11   44 9.30 2.182 16.7 4.4 2.9 5.4 1.83

 

 

Meanwhile, we have our ace-caliber salaried #2 Jon Lester going for us.

 

http://i.imgur.com/8bgk1KH.jpg?1

 

The legends say that when he posed for this picture he became such a method performer that he maintained this pose and only this pose 24 hours a day in preparation for his battle tomorrow against Dillon Overton.

 

Just kidding, he wouldn't waste his time on preparing for a match against Dillon Overton. He just ate wings and drank beer like true American should. Here's what Lester's numbers look like:

 

                                                                          
W      L  ERA   G  GS     IP  BB   SO ERA+  FIP  WHIP  H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
11     4 2.95  21  21  128.1  38  125  135 3.89 1.106 7.3 1.2 2.7 8.8 3.29

 

He's doing alright I guess. I mean he's no Dillon Overton.

 

Also, I had mentioned that the special win yesterday was going to warrant a special game thread. My intentions were to insert footage from the walk off wild pitch over the scene in Major League where the Indians beat the Yankees at the end and poorly dub over Uecker's voice with a droll "Cubs" every time he said "Indians", but I couldn't make it work. Oh well.

 

Anyways, keep winning Cubs. I know we're in Oakland and it's a cavernous pit of despair and sadness in that ballpark, but I hope we can hit at least one dong off the guy who has given up 9 of them in only 18 innings.

[badger]

Logan may be the new butters.

[BigSlick]

Dillon Overton is definitely the name of a comic book character that is destined to fall into a vat of chemicals and become a wittily named supervillian. The Overton Window or something.

 

Anyway he has a 9 ERA so that means he'll throw 7 IP of 0 R ball before the Cubs score 5 runs in the 8th and win.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

We are going to dong the hell out of this kid and it is going to be glorious.

[wvcbxl]

=D>

Great effort by Logan. Better keep it up in the next couple of days. :wink:

[Sammy Sofa]

I want to see Rizzo and Bryant recreate that Predator handshake, and then Ross is just lurking in the background ranting about being a [expletive] sexual Tyrannosaurus.

[bcl412]

We are going to dong the hell out of this kid and it is going to be glorious.

 

Unless I'm missing something IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE WE'VE HIT A DONG! WE NEED SOME DONGS! Though if we just win all the time I suppose I can handle that.

[weis21]

A+ effort, Logan. I'm enjoying riding this sweet, sweet Logan wave...

[Derwood]

That handshake from Predator is the manliest, muscliest, testosteroneiest handshake in history

[CubInOK]

Oh horsefeathers it. I want the Cubs to win more than an OU alum to do well.

[Omar]

Athletics v. Lester

Name              PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Billy Butler      36 31  5  1  0  0   2  5 12 .161 .278 .194 .471  0  0   0   0         1
Danny Valencia    20 20  6  2  0  1   3  0  5 .300 .300 .550 .850  0  0   0   0         1
Coco Crisp        15 13  2  0  0  1   2  1  5 .154 .200 .385 .585  0  1   0   0         0
Jed Lowrie        13 11  3  0  0  0   0  2  1 .273 .385 .273 .657  0  0   0   0         0
Khris Davis        9  8  2  1  0  0   0  1  2 .250 .333 .375 .708  0  0   0   0         0
Marcus Semien      7  7  1  0  0  0   0  0  2 .143 .143 .143 .286  0  0   0   0         0
Stephen Vogt       3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total            103 93 19  4  0  2   7  9 27 .204 .272 .312 .584  0  1   0   0         2
Has not faced: Yonder Alonso, Ryon Healy, Tyler Ladendorf, Bruce Maxwell, Max Muncy and Jake Smolinski & Has not faced pitchers: John Axford, Daniel Coulombe, Ryan Dull, Kendall Graveman, Sonny Gray, Jesse Hahn, Liam Hendriks, Ryan Madson, Sean Manaea, Zach Neal, Dillon Overton and Marc Rzepczynski

 

I had no idea Cookie Crisp was still alive.

[David]

coco crisp is close enough to coco krispies that there's no need to go with cookie imo

[Andy]

Overton must have quite a tan in that first picture because the difference in skin color is stark.

[Omar]

coco crisp is close enough to coco krispies that there's no need to go with cookie imo

 

Clearly I need to go down the cereal aisle more often. I didnt even know Coco Crispies existed. Ive always had the dilemma of associating him with Cocoa Puffs or Cookie Crisps.

 

I'm surprised he's never done an ad campaign with Kelloggs.

[Sammys Boombox]

Going to this one. Super pumped. Spent the last week learning how to surf in Santa Cruz with my buddy and at Yolsemite for a few days. Also went to Giants/Nationals last Saturday. Awesome trip. Awesome places. Only downside was not watching any of this sweet ride for the Cubs, but I'll live with it.

[Omar]

A look back: In 2004, Athletics and Cubs played each other.

Cubs were down 2-3 to the Athletics. Michael Barrett doubled in the bottom 9th, scoring Todd Hollandsworth and Todd Walker to win the game 4-3.

http://images.cbssports.com/u/photos/baseball/mlb/img7434746.jpg

 

I can't find a clip anywhere, but I'm sure they'll show it sometime during the broadcast with Hollandsworth lounging around CSN and everything.

[UMFan83]

A look back: In 2004, Athletics and Cubs played each other.

Cubs were down 2-3 to the Athletics. Michael Barrett doubled in the bottom 9th, scoring Todd Hollandsworth and Todd Walker.

http://images.cbssports.com/u/photos/baseball/mlb/img7434746.jpg

 

I can't find a clip anywhere, but I'm sure they'll show it sometime during the broadcast with Hollandsworth lounging around CSN and everything.

 

The NSBB game thread was bumping that day

[David]

A look back: In 2004, Athletics and Cubs played each other.

Cubs were down 2-3 to the Athletics. Michael Barrett doubled in the bottom 9th, scoring Todd Hollandsworth and Todd Walker.

http://images.cbssports.com/u/photos/baseball/mlb/img7434746.jpg

 

I can't find a clip anywhere, but I'm sure they'll show it sometime during the broadcast with Hollandsworth lounging around CSN and everything.

 

 

 

go to about 1:47

[Omar]

I want the Barrettgasm and Hollandsworth scoring too, dammit.

[UMFan83]

Apparently Jesse Rogers said Soler is with the team and is likely to be activated for a reliever. He has already seen Grimm and Edwards at the park so he's not sure who will go down. (of course that doesn't mean its not Grimm or Edwards but if it is they haven't been informed yet). If not Grimm or Edwards the only other options I see are Montgomery to AAA (assuming he has options) or Nathan DFA.

 

I'm getting this second hand from twitter, it seemed like they were saying a move would happen before the game, but possibly not until tomorrow. FWIW Soler was in Chicago yesterday getting evaluated by Cubs team doctors to make sure he's healthy, so him being activated is imminent and I'm sure they'd like to get him back at DH while they have the option.

 

Oh and yes I know he's hitting .167 in AA and probably should spend another month down there.

[David]

that 2004 video led me on a youtube vortex of 2015 nlds highlights and it's just glorious

 

i wish we could have schwarbs kirk gibson it for us in the playoffs

[rocket]

man, i remember 10 years ago or so when 10pm cubs starts were my favorite thing

[David]

man, i remember 10 years ago or so when 10pm cubs starts were my favorite thing

 

i still like them. just not after a day off after a day game. this is torture.

[UMFan83]

man, i remember 10 years ago or so when 10pm cubs starts were my favorite thing

 

Especially on a Friday night when I watched the games while pre-gaming and by the time it was over I had a solid buzz and it was time to go out.

 

Now I give it a 50% chance I'm awake when the game ends. And to think I used to make fun of old people for not being able to stay up until midnight

[wvcbxl]

man, i remember 10 years ago or so when 10pm cubs starts were my favorite thing

 

Especially on a Friday night when I watched the games while pre-gaming and by the time it was over I had a solid buzz and it was time to go out.

 

Now I give it a 50% chance I'm awake when the game ends. And to think I used to make fun of old people for not being able to stay up until midnight

 

4am start over here - excuse me but I'll pass.