Can I have “things that make Chicago Cubs fans vomit” for 200? Our old pal Jon Lester finally got to 200 wins in his lengthy big league career. The bad news is it came as a member of the Cubs’ hated rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals, in a win that officially quashed the North Sider’s long dead postseason chances. In a year where everything seemed to go wrong, the universe found one final way to laugh at the Cubs.
Since going to St. Louis, Lester has been part of a massive turnaround that sees the Cardinals in the driver’s seat for the second wild card with a 10-game winning streak, to boot.