ST. LOUIS – Jon Lester's frustrations boiled over with an epic rant that captured another classic moment in the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry.
"We're out there playing with a bunch of pansies right now," Lester said after a 5-3 loss at Busch Stadium. "I'm over this damn slide rule."
Major League Baseball's Chase Utley Rule certainly isn't the root cause of an 18-18 start, but the Cubs clearly aren't working with the same margin for error as last season or looking like the team of destiny that finally ended the 108-year drought.
Surrounded by reporters at his locker in the visiting clubhouse, Lester rolled with a question about a pivot point in the fifth inning, when Anthony Rizzo chopped a ball back to St.