***5/18 UPDATE UPDATE*** The Barves game got rained out and will be made up on August 30th. The Cubs are now on to Cincinnati, and Lester will now be facing Homer Bailey, who is still hilariously somehow a thing. Homer is president of the Yes Homers Club this season; this dude is REALLY bad. Like, nightmarishly bad. No excuse for the Cubs to not clobber his dong into oblivion with their dongs.**** ***UPDATE*** After this was posted, the awesomely named MAX FRIED was named the Braves starter after Long Neck Dong was put on the DL with some kind of non-neck-related strain ***** How the hell have the game threads already cycled back to me on MAY horsefeathering 17TH?!? Yikes. Well, I don't want to go with another gif theme, since the Cubs are just slaying classic TV shows left and right. So, hey, do what you feel, people. The Cubs are relying on Lester tonight, who seems to be holding together his ancient body through willpower and rubberbands to somehow be (maybe?) the most reliable starting pitcher the Cubs have right now (don'tlookatthatFIPdon'tlookathttaFIPdon'tlookatthatFIP), which is more than a little terrifying since he's on the same staff as Quintana and Darvish. And also since he's, like, 58. And looks like a gigantic angry baby. The Braves are going with Frank Sobotka; I mean Nick Sobotka; I mean Ziggy Zobotka; I MEAN...Mike Soroka. The internet tells me that this Soroka fella has been a reasonably well-regarded prospect for a couple years, so that's worrisome. The internet also tells me he looks like this: http://www.milb.com/images/647336/t432/180x270/647336.jpg http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/647336.jpg http://www.capitolaveclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/19083156623_601a62cbbd_k_4j87sdp3_urvp7r89.jpg [expletive], LOOK AT THAT horsefeathering NECK. The Braves are sending Nessie out there. MLB allows a horsefeathering LAKE MONSTER to take the mound, yet gets all fascist on Zobrist's cleats and Willson's Venezuelan pride sleeve? THIS IS SOME NONSENSE. Protest this outrage with some RD-crunching (Coomer-style) dongs, Cubs.