10/7 - NLDS GAME 1 - Cubs (Lester) vs. Giants (Cueto) 8:00 PM CST FS1

[Clem Fandango]

It's finally here, everyone. Game 1 of the National League Division Series. Tonight the Giants beat the Mets with a Conor Gillaspie 3 run homer in the 9th and a dominant Madison Bumgarner start. The worst part about this whole situation is how someone who spells his last name Gillaspie pronounces it like Gillespie. That's some amateur hour nonsense and his parents are dumb.

 

Anyways, the Cubs have one of the front runners for this year's Cy Young going for us in this one. Mr. Jon Lester gets the ball as the Game 1 starter. Jon has a history of doing well in the playoffs, and I suspect given the Cubs elite glove dongs, the stellar pitching of Mr. Lester, and the laughable lineup of the Giants, Mr. Lester will make easy work of the lineup. Here's Mr. Lester's numbers for the 2016 regular season:

 

                                                                           
Year    W L  ERA  G GS CG    IP BB  SO ERA+  FIP  WHIP  H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
2016   19 5 2.44 32 32  2 202.2 52 197  164 3.41 1.016 6.8 0.9 2.3 8.7 3.79

 

 

Here's a picture of Jon Lester being awesome:

 

http://i.imgur.com/VAbSsmr.jpg?1

 

Look at him. All majestic and horsefeathers. Pumped up that he just beat the crap out of some team I don't know who, probably the Reds (EDIT: It was the Reds, apparently, if the attached page is to be believed). He's probably gonna be that way again when he faces off against this guy:

 

http://i.imgur.com/KX5tFgH.jpg?1

"Oh mah Gawwwwwwwd gurl look at Jon Lester flexin them muscles in those pants!"

 

Johnny Cueto is a guy who was good in Cincinnati, got traded to the Royals where he was garbage, then signed a big deal with the Giant this year where he remembered he was a good pitcher, so this might not be a cake walk for the Cubs offense. Here are his numbers from this season:

 

                                                                               
Year    W L  ERA  G GS CG SHO    IP BB  SO ERA+  FIP  WHIP  H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W
2016   18 5 2.79 32 32  5   2 219.2 45 198  147 2.96 1.093 8.0 0.6 1.8 8.1 4.40

 

 

It's all good though. The Cubs have been preparing for this all season. Unfortunately we have to deal with all the even year [expletive] narratives that are going to be flying around this series. Whatever, not worried.

 

 

Here's hoping none of you get to start a game thread! Cheers!

 

Keep winning, Cubs.

[Clem Fandango]

Also I'm just now noticing the turtle gif says "dat ass" . I did not notice that before. It's okay though, Lester is all sexy and horsefeathers.

[Cubswin11]

Let's Roll

[Omar]

Giants v. Lester

Name                 PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Denard Span          35  28  8  1  0  0   3  6  6  .286  .429  .321  .750  0  0   0   1         1
Gordon Beckham       26  24  3  0  0  1   1  2  8  .125  .192  .250  .442  0  0   0   0         0
Eduardo Nunez        19  18  2  0  0  0   1  1  5  .111  .158  .111  .269  0  0   0   0         0
Hunter Pence         17  15  3  0  0  1   2  2  1  .200  .294  .400  .694  0  0   0   0         1
Buster Posey         17  16  5  1  0  1   2  1  1  .313  .353  .563  .915  0  0   0   0         0
Brandon Crawford     12  11  3  1  0  0   1  1  2  .273  .333  .364  .697  0  0   0   0         1
Brandon Belt          7   6  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .143  .000  .143  0  0   0   0         0
Angel Pagan           7   7  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         1
Kelby Tomlinson       6   5  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  .000  1  0   0   0         0
Trevor Brown          5   5  2  1  0  0   1  0  0  .400  .400  .600 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Joe Panik             5   5  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .400  .600  0  0   0   0         0
Ehire Adrianza        1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Gregor Blanco         1   0  0  0  0  0   0  1        0             1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Madison Bumgarner     1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Cain             1   1  1  1  0  0   2  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jeff Samardzija       1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Albert Suarez         1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               162 145 28  6  0  3  13 15 27  .193  .273  .297  .570  1  0   0   1         4
Has not faced: Conor Gillaspie, Gorkys Hernandez, Jarrett Parker and Tony Sanchez & Has not faced pitchers: Ty Blach, Johnny Cueto, Santiago Casilla, Cory Gearrin, George Kontos, Derek Law, Javier Lopez, Matt Moore, Joe Nathan, Steven Okert, Josh Osich, Jake Peavy, Sergio Romo, Will Smith, Chris Stratton and Hunter Strickland

 

Cubs v. Cueto

Name                 PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Anthony Rizzo        25  25  3  1  0  1   1  0  8 .120 .120  .280  .400  0  0   0   0         1
Chris Coghlan        23  20  5  1  0  1   4  1  4 .250 .348  .450  .798  0  0   0   2         0
Miguel Montero       20  19  2  0  0  0   0  1  3 .105 .150  .105  .255  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Heyward        18  18  4  2  0  0   2  0  3 .222 .222  .333  .556  0  0   0   0         0
Dexter Fowler        17  16  3  0  0  0   0  1  8 .188 .235  .188  .423  0  0   0   0         0
Ben Zobrist          10   8  0  0  0  0   0  2  1 .000 .200  .000  .200  0  0   0   0         0
Javier Baez           6   6  0  0  0  0   0  0  4 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant           6   5  3  0  0  0   0  0  1 .600 .667  .600 1.267  0  0   0   1         0
Addison Russell       6   6  3  2  0  0   1  0  0 .500 .500  .833 1.333  0  0   0   0         1
Matt Szczur           6   4  1  0  0  0   1  2  0 .250 .500  .250  .750  0  0   0   0         0
David Ross            5   4  1  0  0  0   0  1  3 .250 .400  .250  .650  0  0   0   0         0
Travis Wood           5   4  1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .250 .250  .250  .500  1  0   0   0         0
Munenori Kawasaki     4   4  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jake Arrieta          3   3  1  1  0  0   0  0  1 .333 .333  .667 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Willson Contreras     3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jorge Soler           3   2  1  1  0  0   1  1  0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Hammel          2   2  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 .500 .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Tommy La Stella       1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
John Lackey           1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               164 151 29  8  0  2  11  9 40 .192 .252  .285  .536  1  0   0   3         2
Has not faced: Albert Almora, Jeimer Candelario and Tim Federowicz & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Buchanan, Trevor Cahill, Aroldis Chapman, Gerardo Concepcion, Carl Edwards, Justin Grimm, Kyle Hendricks, Jon Lester, Mike Montgomery, Spencer Patton, Felix Pena, Hector Rondon, Joe Smith, Giovanni Soto, Pedro Strop and Rob Zastryzny

[Thed Hoyerstein]

 

 

 

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1007/3978/files/3_f6d6cccf-ebbe-4176-8407-adbbad54e595_grande.jpg?9224069434228175477

[Sammys Boombox]

Finally!

 

Ross hits a dong. Cubs win.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I have a ton of faith in Lester to get the job done, but I have even more faith in The Logan. Cubs win big in Game 1 and sweep the series.

[bcl412]

These next 2 days are gonna take forever.

[Banedon]

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-mlb-predictions/cubs/?ex_cid=rrpromo

 

Cubs favored in every game, though the Bumgarner start is a LOT closer than the others. And no pitchers are factored into games 4 and 5 yet.

 

Every Cub gets a positive pitcher adjustment. Only Bumgarner and Cueto do for the GIants.

[RammyFanny]

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-mlb-predictions/cubs/?ex_cid=rrpromo

 

Cubs favored in every game, though the Bumgarner start is a LOT closer than the others. And no pitchers are factored into games 4 and 5 yet.

 

Every Cub gets a positive pitcher adjustment. Only Bumgarner and Cueto do for the GIants.

 

I kinda laughed at the Zastryzyny/Nova matchup being a 50/50 deadlock and ending in a 1-1 tie.

[bukie]

Giants have solid starting pitching and a suspect bullpen, so they're susceptible to patient offenses that grind out ABs.

 

So...this isn't the Mets offense they're facing anymore.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Since 1987 every team that beat the Giants in the playoffs other than the 2000 Mets has won the World Series that year.

 

We're about to knock the even thing on it's ass and create an even and odd thing for us.

[soccer10k]

It's go time!

[Agony and Ivy]

I think the racist dick Bumgarner will be pitching game 2 on 3 days rest.

[David]

I think the racist dick Bumbgarner will be pitching game 2 on 3 days rest.

 

that's 2 days rest

 

they won't do that, but they are more than welcome to, if they want.

[Agony and Ivy]

I think the racist dick Bumbgarner will be pitching game 2 on 3 days rest.

 

that's 2 days rest

 

they won't do that, but they are more than welcome to, if they want.

 

horsefeathers me. I got to work at 630 this morning and evidently counting is hard.

[UMFan83]

Well I retweeted a tweet from The Athletic yesterday entering me into a contest for tickets to this game, and found out this morning that I won!

[David]

Well I retweeted a tweet from The Athletic yesterday entering me into a contest for tickets to this game, and found out this morning that I won!

 

i still hate that website but that's awesome! congrats

 

where are the seats?

[badger]

Well I retweeted a tweet from The Athletic yesterday entering me into a contest for tickets to this game, and found out this morning that I won!

 

Get the horsefeathers out!!!!

 

AND STOP BEING SO SELFISH YOU ARENT ALLOWED TO GO.

[UMFan83]

Well I retweeted a tweet from The Athletic yesterday entering me into a contest for tickets to this game, and found out this morning that I won!

 

i still hate that website but that's awesome! congrats

 

where are the seats?

 

Section 235 row 20. Not the best seats in the house but I'm not going to complain!

[UMFan83]

Well I retweeted a tweet from The Athletic yesterday entering me into a contest for tickets to this game, and found out this morning that I won!

 

Get the horsefeathers out!!!!

 

AND STOP BEING SO SELFISH YOU ARENT ALLOWED TO GO.

 

I have to go, this board needs a scapegoat if for some reason we lose.

[David]

Well I retweeted a tweet from The Athletic yesterday entering me into a contest for tickets to this game, and found out this morning that I won!

 

i still hate that website but that's awesome! congrats

 

where are the seats?

 

Section 235 row 20. Not the best seats in the house but I'm not going to complain!

 

nothing wrong with those! (as long as you aren't really unlucky with the placement of those damn poles)

 

 

http://aviewfrommyseat.com/wallpaper/anonymous-20110528143021.jpg

 

[BigSlick]

Games 1 and 3 are setting up to be amazingly good pitching match ups. We just gotta squeeze one out against Cueto tomorrow, I feel extremely confident about Hendricks vs. whatever trash they throw out, and then we have Arrieta vs. Bumgarner in a closing, or at least decisive, game.

 

I'm going full meatball now.

[Boris]

IT BEGINS

[The Savior]

I can't think straight

 

Fred will guide us