John Lackey's Blazing Horse House Inferno

[Saul Goodman]

Jon is running out of water to right the ship.

[Canadouche]

Jon is running out of water to right the ship.

Running out of asphalt? Tarmac? Fuck it, I don't know.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Jon is running out of water to right the ship.

Running out of asphalt? Tarmac? Fuck it, I don't know.

How about, "time"?

[Oleg]

At one point Lackey may have given food for thought to supplanting Quintana

#NotAMeatball

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

At one point Lackey may have given food for thought to supplanting Quintana

#NotAMeatball

Quintana was struggling a month ago and Lackey was pitching about as well as anybody.  Additionally, I do not like Lackey and was definitely pulling for this not to be the case.  So now I'm a meatball because I simply looked at this objectively?  I don't think you can argue that with the way Quintana was pitching in mid-August that he was a lock.

[Quality Start Machine]

At one point Lackey may have given food for thought to supplanting Quintana

#NotAMeatball

Quintana was struggling a month ago and Lackey was pitching about as well as anybody.  Additionally, I do not like Lackey and was definitely pulling for this not to be the case.  So now I'm a meatball because I simply looked at this objectively?  I don't think you can argue that with the way Quintana was pitching in mid-August that he was a lock.

2 stinkers 3 weeks apart isn't struggling.

[SKO]

At one point Lackey may have given food for thought to supplanting Quintana

#NotAMeatball

Quintana was struggling a month ago and Lackey was pitching about as well as anybody.  Additionally, I do not like Lackey and was definitely pulling for this not to be the case.  So now I'm a meatball because I simply looked at this objectively?  I don't think you can argue that with the way Quintana was pitching in mid-August that he was a lock.

2 stinkers 3 weeks apart isn't struggling.

Huey the ledge-jumper, I calls him.

[Quality Start Machine]

As much well-deserved shit as we've given him on here, that was one helluva ride into the sunset.

[CBStew]

As much well-deserved shit as we've given him on here, that was one helluva ride into the sunset.

Matt Cain

[Armchair_QB]

As much well-deserved shit as we've given him on here, that was one helluva ride into the sunset.

I hate Lackey as much as the next guy but that was a hell of a start.

[Armchair_QB]

So, about Saturday.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

So, about Saturday.

If you told me, in early June, after the Cubs' 0-6 west coast trip in LA and San Diego that left them at what would prove to be their nadir of 4 games under .500, that they would advance to the LCS and that John Lackey could legitimately be their Game 1 starter I...I can't imagine what I would have said or thought.

[Saul Goodman]

If John Lackey gives up 0 runs in all of his NLCS appearances, I swear I will never say a negative word about him ever again.  Golden opportunity, John!

Edit: Mininum 4.1 IP

[SKO]

Theo made it sound likely that it'd be Quintana. He didn't even throw a full inning and it was his bullpen day anyway. But I suspect we'll see Lackey at some point

[Yeti]

Lackey was pretty good his last few starts. I say give the man a few innings in Saturday