A Thank You to Jon Lester
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Tenacity on the field. Generosity off the field. An NLCS MVP and World Series Champion, Jon Lester's impact during his time with the Cubs goes far beyond his performance on the mound. He is a leader and a role model.
Thank you for everything, Jon. #NVRQT
Subscribe for more Cubs videos: bit.ly/2Ezrwyz
Follow us!
Twitter: / cubs
Facebook: / cubs
Instagram: / cubs
Snapchat: / cubs
TikTok: vm.tiktok.com/...
Spotify: spoti.fi/2Wjnd1e 
Спорт
The pitcher who truly changed the cubs
Lester and Ross were a great duo.
@@xTHEmuffinMAN1x agreed
Arguably the greatest free agency signing in Chicago sports history
@Eliot Jurgensen plus we got Zobrist with him. He helped out just a little in the WS, lol.
@@Mikki44 yeah that double base it
Retire #34!! For both Big Jon and Kid K!
He's one of very few numbers from 2016 worth retiring!
@@5qobI’d say 44 might deserve to be retired
wanted to retire as a cub and they never offered him a single contract. shame on the ricketts for disrespecting him on his way out
Yes they did, at the last minute and nowhere near the Nats offer.
Screw the Ricketts family ! The club won the series in 2016 and now its back to mediocrity and the owners lining their pockets with the highest ticket prices in MLB . See you in 110 more years !
@@RWildekrav66 without the Ricketts there would be no World Series!
It's business. He's not good anymore. He's a 3rd starter at best. Love the man but he's old and he doesn't have it anymore
@@Mikki44 just like the Red Sox after they won in 2004 with ticket prices, etc. and when they screwed Lester 😠
There's baseball & there's CUBS baseball. Thanks for the memories Jon!
We did him dirty not letting him finish out his career with us... But will always love you Jon, go get it at the Nats!
Not dirty. It's business. He's no longer an ace. 3rd starter at best. Frankly, I was hoping they'd resign him and put him in the bullpen.
@@ScottieContact you're right, he is a 3rd starter at best. Still worth the $5M we wouldn't give him though.
@@ry.the.stunner Does the "Ry" in your name pay homage to Ryne Sandberg?
Not as dirty as my Red Sox did 😠
I will miss him🥺🥺
The signing of Jon really showed the league that the Cubs were going to be for real
I’m not even a Cubs fan but I’ve always liked this guy. It kills me to see that WS team slowly dismantled.
It hurts my heart ❤️ as a cubs fan
Miss you already, 34! Thanks for all the W's you made fly in Chicago!
Really ? He would have played for way less and you still didn't keep him. I wonder about that front office sometimes. Way to go management. Letting go a true Cub and a damn good pitcher. Ya could have let him finish out his carrier in Chicago. Well at least Davy and the Nationals know what their getting. A damn good Cubs pitcher and a great human being. Good luck Jon. I'll be rooting for ya......
Cubs are broke! We're gonna be cellar dwellers again.
Same here man
And ended up his career in the Cardinals
We will miss u John "one of the greatest Cubs pitchers ever alive"
But always will love jon Lester 💪🏼💪🏼
Thanks For Everything Jon Lester 😭😭😭
2016 World Series Champion! Fly the W
At least we can die at peace
Without a doubt the biggest free agency signing in Cubs history. Wish he could of finished his career here. Thank you Jon.
If he doesnt retire at the end of the year, bring him back
Yessssss
Amen brother
Really does feel like the end of an era. Thank you Big Jon! Gonna miss the Cubs golden age.
The 2016 team is starting to fall apart
@@DunkMan11 you’ve really said it before it happened… with rizzo and Bryant gone now
Thank you for being who you are and because of that Cubs fans can say remember that world series win! I SURE DO AND WILL NEVER FORGET THAT YEAR! Thanks for being apart of every Cubs fan hopes and dreams!! #ThankYou34 #lefthandsup
Alright then who is with me I want the Cubs to win while Jon Lester is watching the World Series let’s make 2021 the best year ever
They couldn’t score a run in 2 games against the Marlins, the team is even worse now. But hey, I’m all for wishful thinking my friend.
@@bigal8730 They did score a run though. It was only one run, but they still scored one.
@@ry.the.stunner oh that’s right 1 run in 27 innings.
Thank you for all you did for our Cubbies, Jon!! It's really sad to see you go. I wish it weren't so. God bless you and your family. 🕊 and ❤
He was amazing for us
So hard to see him go. But he came to Chicago to do one thing. Win the whole stinking thing. #FlyTheW #ThanksBigJon
The best signing in Cubs history right here❤️💙
Thank you for bringing us cub fans a world series! You'll always be in our hearts!
Thanks Jon. Miss you
I was there the day he got strikeout 2000 and his first HR. Awesome day at Wrigley. We are forever thankful to you Jon Lester!!!
Evan as a Mets fan...this is a good video. Now in the NL East I get to see some more Lester
Im heartbroken and ashamed that the Cubs was not willing to let you ride it out as a Cub!
I Miss him a lot
I was at that game where he picked someone off..
..standing in line to grab a beer ☹️
Some dude behind me: "Lester just picked someone off?!'
I think it might have been Tommy Pham?
I love these thank you videos. 💙💙💙 This was really sweet 💙💙💙
Thank you Jon for a great six years as a Cub! ⚾️
Who downvoted? I will find them and avenge you, Jon!
My guess is the downvote has nothing to with Jon but everything to do with the present state of the Cubs organization and how much they're shitting the bed.
Uh.. how?
we owe a lot to Big Jon.
To a Pitcher we couldn’t win without.
Thank you Lester!
Thank you jon lester
Jon Lester's free agent signing has been worth every cent of it.
The Ricketts was too cheap to sign Lester in 2021.
As far as I'm concerned, the Lester signing should go down as one of the best free agent signing in MLB history.
3:20 I was there! That homerun was crazy! I think the final score of the game was 16-4 or something crazy!
Jon will forever be a Chicago Cub to me...
#ThankYouJon #AlwaysACub #WeKnewYouWereHere
Thank you Jon! I'll never forget your efforts with this team. A world series title would never have been possible without your unbelievable leadership! I wish you nothing but luck in the future!
When he retires have him as a cubs Coach!
They’ll be likely to give Jon a one day contract so he can retire as a Cub, but that’s disrespectful in my opinion
The Ricketts can't even afford a one-day contract.
He will be missed 😢
Thank you to John for finally giving us such a great captain, leader, and competitor for a few years, gonna miss you Big John!! Also how can the Cubs be so freaking greedy with money that they cant bring him back for one more year what a shame.......this is one upset Cubs Fan!!
Same here man
❤️❤️
Its not looking good for the cubs right now but I'll tell you that in the nearby future a young kid with the number 21 will come up and change this organization forever and bring many championships to the north side if chicgao once again. Just you wait and see.
Y? Just y? I have ran out of things to say. My favorite and tbh the best cubs players have to be traded. This has got 2 stop
Awww they even used his walkup song in the background
Thank you Jon Lester for your service with the Chicago cubs hope it number is retired as a cub
No se fue :( siempre fuiste mi pitcher favorito
Thanks Jon!! It’s been nice having the privilege to watch you!! Hope everything goes well!!
It is fitting that he wore the number 34.
Big jon 34
I’m not crying... you are! Thanks Jon!
He was the reason we won the World Series
I'm not crying, you're crying
So much nostalgia i cant even explain it, i grew up and lived in Washington state 14 yrs of my life like Jon lived in Washington
A true cubs legend
It shouldn't feel more depressing (to me anyway) than before the World Series. Your HUGE DIEHARD fanbase, packing Wrigley and other stadiums during 100 win AND loss seasons, deserves a lot better than this kind of offseason. There's no excuse a franchise like the Chicago Cubs can't field a contender every year. Even more so now after the World Series. I'm not even talking WS contender. Just contending for the division/playoffs every year is fine...of course with World Series windows too.
DAM!!!! No wonder why Theo left. The Rickets are getting rid of their best players.Thank you Jon for being part of that amazing 2016 World Series Championship team.
Beast!
Dude won it for Chicago!
He had an outstanding, outstanding 2016. 2.44 era in 32 regular season games. Pitched well in the playoffs. Dude is a hof and Chicago legend
I know Big Jon didnt have much left in the tank. But you brought Lackey in when he had NOTHING left. Lester was a LEADER both on and off the field and should have been brought back to be the #5 this year so fans at least got a chance to see him in a Cubs Uniform and say Thank you fr what he brought to this Team.
Lester was such a F'ing gamer. I literally lost sleep as a Sox fan following his Free Agency and days after his decision. Happy for him and his success with the Cubs and just wish he was a Sox lifer.
All he wanted was to get his 200th win with Ross...their careers together are not just the Cubbies (Boston too) and he would have retired a Cub! Bad move Rickets family and mad disrespect!
I know we're rebuilding or cutting payroll or whatever they think they are doing, but this one hurts. I think that Lester would bring WAY more than $4 million worth of value to all of our new young pitchers by showing them the right way to play the game.
He will be missed, and I will be rooting for him.
How hypocritical, they act so grateful but don’t even talk to him this offseason until he is basically already signed with another team.
They also trade away darvish without even telling him.
Like I love the cubs, but the damn front office needs to get their s**t together
Thank Jon you'll be missed with you could have retired with the CUBS Thanks for all you've done.
Now that Jon is with the Cardinals he will get into the Hall of Fame. Be happy for him. Also I was debating this with some friends in St Louis but is it safe to say the Cubs dynasty is now officially over?
I can’t like this; I loved the pitcher, admire the man as a fan, and all roads end. But you couldn’t keep him for 2-3million , it breaks my heart.
well My Reds are going be the favorite to the win the division GO REDS
A true class act. I'm not a Cubs fan but I AM a Jon Lester fan. Thanks for the memories man.
Thanks for the memories and the ring
One of the beat playoff pitchers in mlb history....thanks jon you will be missed
And yet another video that makes me not want to watch the cubs for the first time in over 30 years. This organization is a train wreck and Theo got out while he could. Such a shame.
Awwww
One of the saddest days of my sports fandom is when The Red Sox traded Jon Lester… was so happy for his success in a Chicago tho
Wow, Cubs are cleaning house. Who's gonna pitch in 2021?
When’s he joining Buck Commander
Now he plays with the Cardinals
This made me cry I'm not even gonna lie
And the thing that hurts is that jon lester pitched game 7 in the world series
I'm a sox fan so I don't know why it hurts me him leaving the cubs😅
Why aren’t cubs doing anything why are the cubs asleep this year
Jon Lester is more than worthy of being in the Hall of Fame.
#Retire34
Don't cry because its over smile cause it happened -Dr Seuss
To
Lets just hope we dont see one of these for kris,javy or rizzo
We saw one of these for Rizzo
@@GC-yw1mn unfortunately one of these will be coming for all of them
Should have figured a way to bring him back
So we’re cardinals but sometimes being quiet is good
I changed my pitching style it’s kind of the same to Jon
Do you play college? Minor league? Major?
He brought the team a long way
No Kyle Schwarber tribute???
The cubs have a good lineup but will not be enough to beat Mets and padres
Thank you for all you’ve Done 🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️
Don’t cry because he left, smile because he was here
Best free agent signing in Cubs history and it's not close
😥 miss you John plz be a Coach
Welcome to the Washington Nationals Jon Lester
Thank you John . One of the greatest times to be a Cub fan
Much respect jon Lester down to earth good dude