NLDS game thread

[staz]

Dead red Lester

 

[Al Zarilla]

I think Lester should be batting in front of Ross.

Maddon does that as a rule, doesn't he?

 

[Al Zarilla]

Lester has 4 MLB hits now, all this year!

 

[glasspusher]

Do we have to be playing against them in the WS to be reminded how insufferable they are? I post elsewhere where a Cards fan makes Fuck You Cruz guy look like Mr. Rogers. I am not Cubs fan but I want slaughter.
 
Also, watching Ross and Lester playing in the post season as Cubs makes me pretty melancholy.

 
When the Cards were in the Series the last decade, you had the added bonus of two Cards fans calling the games for Fox, so yeah, nevar fergit!!11!

 

[Al Zarilla]

Oh screw, ump.

 

[P'tucket rhymes with...]

Eric Gregg would splooge over this strike zone.

 

[soxhop411]

OH FUCK OFF ump. 

 

[Al Zarilla]

Fuck.

 

[glasspusher]

Dammit dammit dammit

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

That looked very gone

 

[Flunky]

 
When the Cards were in the Series the last decade, you had the added bonus of two Cards fans calling the games for Fox, so yeah, nevar fergit!!11!

 
my sports grudges are long lived and idiotic.

 

[soxhop411]

Lester better get those same calls....

 

[glasspusher]

That Fiat/blue pill ad is the antiparticle of this Lincoln crap.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Lester better get those same calls....

 
I wish I had a dollar for every post of yours today that expressed anger at an umpire

 

[glasspusher]

 
my sports grudges are long lived and idiotic.

 
This one seems spot on to me, and my BFF the Cubs fan.

 

[soxhop411]

 
I wish I had a dollar for every post of yours today that expressed anger at an umpire

You dont think umpiring has been terrible this playoffs? I thought these were supposed to be the "best" umps?

 

[E5 Yaz]

You dont think umpiring has been terrible this playoffs? I thought these were supposed to be the "best" umps?

 
That wasn't my point

 

[P'tucket rhymes with...]

Lester better get those same calls....

He has been.

 

[glasspusher]

Middle linebacker strong™

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Huge inning for Lackey here, facing 2-3-4

 

[staz]

Ok, here we go.

 

[Ribeye]

great bunt there.  shift-buster!

 

[glasspusher]

at least advance the runner, please...
 
Edit: dammit. 

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

The fans there seem really good.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Lackey's on some kind of deal with the devil, right?

 

[soxhop411]

Lackey's on some kind of deal with the devil, right?

Yes

 

[glasspusher]

The fans there seem really good.

 
#BestFansStL

 

[soxhop411]

Dammit Cubs

 

[shawnrbu]

The Cardinals play the game with elegance.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

 
#BestFansStL

Yeah, you can almost feel the air of knowledge through the tv

 

[Flunky]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/its-in-the-cards-why-ballplayers-want-to-be-cardinals-1444239032
 

Pitcher John Lackey, the 36-year-old right-hander, is 16-13 with a 3.10 earned-run average since arriving in St. Louis last season. He went 47-43 with a 4.46 ERA during parts of four seasons in Boston, struggling at times to live up to an $80 million contract. 
Lackey said moving to the National League, where the pitcher bats, has made his job easier, but the supportive culture of St. Louis has helped, too. “It’s got to be the politest fan base I’ve ever been around,” Lackey said.

 
https://twitter.com/bestfansstlouis
 

 

 
St. Louis Cardinals Fans Have A Seriously Racist Response To Ferguson Protesters
 

A woman recording the protesters with her phone confronted Hussein, a Marine, about why he was there.
 
"Why are you here? I don't believe you're a veteran. What are you?" she asks.
 
"What do you mean what am I?" Hussein responds. "What race am I? I'm a f***ing Marine."
 
"OK ... from ... uh ... what ... what level?" she says. Hussein then explains the United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces. "I know it. But how far did you get?" she asks before walking away.

 

 

[Al Zarilla]

The announcer said world series win #2 for the Red Sox (meaning 2013). WTF.

 

[glasspusher]

Ya, dear.

 

[Van Everyman]

Lester may be the worst fielding pitcher of all time.

 

[glasspusher]

The announcer said world series win #2 for the Red Sox (meaning 2013). WTF.

 
WS Win #2 against the Cards? I'm trying to help them here.

 

[glasspusher]

This is MY GAME
 
Edit: wow, apparently you're not allowed to argue with the manager on the mound if you're on the Cards.

 

[staz]

Wow, really?

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Let the over-managing begin

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

This pitching match up was everything it promised to be.  Lackey is a fucking playoff stud.

 

[glasspusher]

This pitching match up was everything it promised to be.  Lackey is a fucking playoff stud.

 
The Cubs looked very tentative against him and had lousy contact pretty much the whole night.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Hope this turns out like Matt Williams lifting Zimmermann against the Giants last year.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Let the over-managing begin

True but his bullpen is filth.  Siegrist is sick

 

[E5 Yaz]

Hope this turns out like Matt Williams lifting Zimmermann against the Giants last year.

 
Drew Storen is not walking through that bullpen door

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

True but his bullpen is filth.  Siegrist is sick

He couldn't contain Papi in '13!
 
But, yeah, this is probably the right move.  Playoff Matheny.

 

[glasspusher]

I want to see one Planned Parenthood ad for each two ED commercials, at least.

 

[bankshot1]

This pitching match up was everything it promised to be.  Lackey is a fucking playoff stud.

 
deGrom  v Kershaw in the night-cap is going to have to go a ways to top these performances.

 

[William Robertson]

Somebody is going to pitch a great game today with nothing to show for it. Right now it looks like our pal Lester will be it.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Wow.  That ain't coming back

 

[glasspusher]

whoops. Man, he got all of that one

 

[teddywingman]

Not looking good for Cubs. Darn.