With nearly 30 days before the 2009 MLB All-Star Game in St. Louis, there’s no better time than right now to spotlight the fact that Ted Lilly (BAMF) will be an National League All-Star this year.On the Cubs alone, Ted stands as number one in wins (6), ERA amongst starters not named Randy Wells (3.28) and WHiP (1.08) and second in strikeouts (59) and innings pitched (71) behind Dumpster.
Among other NL starters, he is tied for 3rd in wins w/ 6 wins, 12th in ERA and first in bad-assness (not an official MLB stat but still relevant for the discussion).
At the same time, it's also a perfect opportunity to welcome any/all new TedHeads to the flock and educate them on the ABCs of Ted Lilly. While Bleed Cubbie Blue gave us a great start yesterday with a healthy dose of Lillyisms, there are a few other things that you should know if you want to confirm a seat on TL's train to Cy Young station this year.
- If your favorite European city is Lillehammer, Norway, you might be a TedHead
- If you are weirdly attracted to a certain 5'10" lefty from Torrance, California, you might be a Lady TedHead
- If you recognize that Ted is clearly the Cubs best pitcher (see stats above) and are not going to be swayed to vote for either the Canadian Mountie or Power Keg/Gatorade Machine Hater, you might be a TedHead
- If you ripped off some strangers "WWJD" sticker and replaced it with a "WWTMFLD", you might be a TedHead
- If you spend too much time and blog space talking about Ted Lilly's abs, you might be the Ted Lilly Fan Club (wait--what?)
- If you sit around all day creating bad photoshop and trying to find pop culture references that you can swap Ted's name into (e.g. movie "Better Off Ted"), you might be the Ted Lilly Fan Club (again? really?)
With that in mind, we welcome back in the Cubs Gatorade Machine from an undisclosed Northside location (for security reasons) for today's prediction for Ted's start against the Astros:
7 IP, 7Ks, 2 walks, 1 HR (standard) and one post-game trip to Wendy's to buy a Frosty for losing Astro's pitcher Brian Moehler
7 comments:
I am SO a Lady TedHead! Can we get t-shirts?
I want those stickers!!
I'm a Lady TedHead too!!!
TedHeads---if it stickers you want, then stickers you shall have (we actually have TLFC stickers in the storage locker).
If you're not creeped out, send us an email at tedlillyrules@gmail.com and let us know where to send (yep--free of charge).
TL kicked so much ass tonight, it should be illegal. A triple, are you kidding me? Be still my beating heart........ :)
The standard HR was not given up by TL, but Marshall. Just goes to show which lefty is superior (as if there was every any doubt?).
My favorite part...after the triple that is....was when Ted, in an effort to class up the joint, changed out of his dirty uniform into a clean one. When you've got that many young, adoring female fans you just can't afford not to look good.
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