Lester vs Lackey, 7/6/15 Cardinals@Cubs

[Sprowl]

This game is a walk down memory lane, watching the 2013 World Series winners in their new NL Central habitat.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Must be down memory lane ... if it was played in April ...  :q:

 

[Sprowl]

Lester gets squeezed, and his face gets redder than ever. I'm surprised he didn't blow a gasket.

 

[mauidano]

Lester gets squeezed, and his face gets redder than ever. I'm surprised he didn't blow a gasket.

Some things never change. I will enjoy this game on a day off and kicking back with no Sox stress.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Lester gets squeezed, and his face gets redder than ever. I'm surprised he didn't blow a gasket.

His catcher moved his glove a lot. Umps often don't give the strike when that happens. David Ross out with a concussion, but on the top step of the dugout. Jon's pitch count going up like the elevator in the Sears Tower. Beat St. Louis!
 
Edit, went back, the catcher was setting up on the outside corner, and Jon threw it on the inside corner. Still a strike though.

 

[Sprowl]

Lackey looks thinner than he used to. I thought that moving to the Land of Budweiser, just up the Mississippi River from the land of chicken, would show up in his chin.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Lester's first hit ever in the majors!
 
Actually, he hit a bomb to triples alley at AT&T that he only got  a Sac fly out of because a Giants outfielder ran it down at about 400 feet. 

 

[Sprowl]

No more 0 for!!! Lester has a hit, and tries to take Lackey down in the bargain.

 

[mauidano]

I don't believe what I just saw! And off Lackey's foot! There will be some serious trash talking going on between these two! Their wives were on Intentional Talk today talking it up too.

 

[grimshaw]

Lol - I think Lackey just called him a fucker.

 

[mauidano]

Lol - I think Lackey just called him a fucker.

Should have done some jawing at each other there on the field just for fun.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Ross and another Cub were rubbing their hats in the dugout. What is that, off the schneid?

 

[rembrat]

Ross and another Cub were rubbing their hats in the dugout. What is that, off the schneid?

 
Might be a Cubs thing. Lester rubbed his helmet after looking into his dugout and holding back laughter.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Manny sighting!

 

[Sprowl]

Big Manny is coaching the Cubs on the finer points of faking knee injuries.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Big Manny is coaching the Cubs on the finer points of faking knee injuries.

Enjoying life packing a few pounds on his ribs.

 

[grimshaw]

Psst

 

[canderson]

Rain is going to screw Lester.

 

[shawnrbu]

Wong!

 

[Sprowl]

That was an impressive dive-and-pop to start the double play.

 

[Maximus]

Terrific play by the 2nd basemen.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Castro got out of the box like Manny or Hanley. He has to beat that out. He was watching it instead of running. 

 

[grimshaw]

Great game.  Playoff atmosphere.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Awesome match up!
 
Go Lester!

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

No no-no

 

[Sprowl]

Bryant does not look like a natural at third base. More precisely, he looks like a klutz.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Lester might boil over now. Team is really letting him down. This is why the Cards are the best.

 

[shawnrbu]

Aaron Boone forgot how many outs there were.  It is an epidemic.

 

[shawnrbu]

You can steal all day off of Lester.  Every team needs to send literally every runner from 1st to 2nd.

 

[Al Zarilla]

So, they're not killing Kolten Wong on Twitter this year I take it. Baseball's best fans!

 

[Remagellan]

Porcello versus Craig and Kelly.  

 

[Remagellan]

They should stop this game.  

 

[canderson]

This is crazy heavy rain to play in, double-header tomorrow or not. But if the stop it won't resume tonight so tough spot.

 

[Montana Fan]

Chicken and beer for the postgame spread?