January 12, 20224 yr Author 1 hour ago, Balta1701 said: The thing that is going to annoy me is you know Lester is going to be a slam dunk HOF guy because he pitched in Boston and for the Cubs, meanwhile the guy with remarkably similar numbers in Mark Buehrle struggles to get to 5%.
January 12, 20224 yr 30 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: The thing that is going to annoy me is you know Lester is going to be a slam dunk HOF guy because he pitched in Boston and for the Cubs, meanwhile the guy with remarkably similar numbers in Mark Buehrle struggles to get to 5%. Yup. Same goes with Mike Mussina (NYY) Edited January 12, 20224 yr by Squirmin' for Yermin
January 12, 20224 yr 8 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: The thing that is going to annoy me is you know Lester is going to be a slam dunk HOF guy because he pitched in Boston and for the Cubs, meanwhile the guy with remarkably similar numbers in Mark Buehrle struggles to get to 5%. Not even similar really. Lester career fWAR 46.2, Buehrle 52.3 career fWAR. Buehrle has 20% more IP,
January 13, 20224 yr I saw headline in the Trib sports section. Apparently, Paul Sullivan thinks the Cubs should retire Lester's number. I actually think Lester is a class guy, and he did his job for the Cubs. But this is a bit much. But this is Cub-loving Paul Sullivan.
January 13, 20224 yr 37 minutes ago, NWINFan said: I saw headline in the Trib sports section. Apparently, Paul Sullivan thinks the Cubs should retire Lester's number. I actually think Lester is a class guy, and he did his job for the Cubs. But this is a bit much. But this is Cub-loving Paul Sullivan. I don't know, he is probably the most important free agent signing in team history. Retiring his number doesn't seem ridiculous to me, but I haven't really done a deep dive on the numbers either.
January 13, 20224 yr 17 minutes ago, turnin' two said: I don't know, he is probably the most important free agent signing in team history. Retiring his number doesn't seem ridiculous to me, but I haven't really done a deep dive on the numbers either. I feel like the equivalent is the Sox retiring Jermaine Dye's number.
January 13, 20224 yr I think it's funny that Lester and Andy Pettite have the same number of strike outs, because that's who he reminds me of the most.
January 13, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, turnin' two said: I don't know, he is probably the most important free agent signing in team history. Retiring his number doesn't seem ridiculous to me, but I haven't really done a deep dive on the numbers either. He was an important piece to the team, no doubt. But he was with the team for only six years. And sometimes I think too many numbers are retired. Lester was a good pitcher, but he doesn't rank up there with Ferguson Jenkins, and I don't know if Jenkins' number was retired or not. This is an overreaction to Lester's retirement.
January 13, 20224 yr 9 minutes ago, NWINFan said: He was an important piece to the team, no doubt. But he was with the team for only six years. And sometimes I think too many numbers are retired. Lester was a good pitcher, but he doesn't rank up there with Ferguson Jenkins, and I don't know if Jenkins' number was retired or not. This is an overreaction to Lester's retirement. Yeah that seems fair. Jenkins does have his number retired too (along with Maddux)
January 13, 20224 yr On only a couple occasions Lester was one of the top pitchers in the league. Out of his 15 or so seasons…in like 3 of them he got meaningful CY votes. This talk is insane.
January 13, 20224 yr Javy Vazquez and his 53.7 fWAR in 2800 innings blows them all away. Who else would you rather have on the mound in a must win game? Should have been 1st ballot.
January 13, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, reiks12 said: I think Lester, Mussina, Buerhle, and Pettitte need to be in the HOF Roids. Keep that cheater pants out. And Mussina is in.
January 13, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, Dick Allen said: Javy Vazquez and his 53.7 fWAR in 2800 innings blows them all away. Who else would you rather have on the mound in a must win game? Should have been 1st ballot. 12-20-2005 Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Orlando Hernandez, Luis Vizcaino and Chris Young (December 20, 2005). 12-04-2008 Traded by Chicago White Sox with Boone Logan to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Brent Lillibridge, Tyler Flowers, Jon Gilmore and Santos Rodriguez (December 4, 2008).
January 14, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: Somewhere TLR is frowning. Off White Sox great Juan Minaya too!
January 14, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Somewhere TLR is frowning. Is there anywhere to watch these games? I don't need the volume or to know what anyone is saying. Just to have something different than re-watching the same shows I've already seen would be nice while working from home.
January 14, 20224 yr 4 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Somewhere TLR is frowning. I hope he keeps finding places to play.
January 14, 20224 yr On 1/12/2022 at 8:30 AM, southsider2k5 said: The thing that is going to annoy me is you know Lester is going to be a slam dunk HOF guy because he pitched in Boston and for the Cubs, meanwhile the guy with remarkably similar numbers in Mark Buehrle struggles to get to 5%. MLB should be proud of guys like Buerhle. I'd rather hold him up as an example of what is right in the game than some of the guys that embarrassed the game.
January 18, 20224 yr On 1/15/2022 at 5:09 AM, Texsox said: MLB should be proud of guys like Buerhle. I'd rather hold him up as an example of what is right in the game than some of the guys that embarrassed the game. Or Mussina getting so much credit simply because he pitched for the Yankees, went to Stanford and can do the NY Times Sunday crossword puzzle.
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