Jon Lester has had trouble this year with making throws to first base, but he found a cure for those yips today.
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Just throw the whole glove to first base.
See, Jon Lester CAN throw to first base. He just needs to include his glove: http://t.co/fvpgPOVtUz pic.twitter.com/EKp8kR5UQi
— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 19, 2015
Shades of Terry Mulholland as the ball got stuck in the webbing of Lester's glove and he couldn't get it out, so he just lobbed the whole thing to Anthony Rizzo.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6teIloOoUMY%5D
Unfortunately for the Cubs, the rest of the game didn't go as well as this play as they fell to the Padres 5-2.