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Jon Lester Thinks #NachoMan Is What's Wrong With Society

By Stephen Gossett in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 26, 2017 6:44PM

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As a St. Louis native who has called Chicago home for many years, I saw reaction to Monday night's Nacho Man episode unfold from both sides of the Cardinals-Cubs rivalry divide, and everybody seemed to agree: it was Genuinely Enjoyable. (Slapping a 10-2 drubbing on the Cards, and eliminating them from the division race, seemed to add to Cubs fans' glee.)

But one man, who was directly involved in the contest, apparently not only didn't see the humor, but decreed it emblematic of our doomed society.

In case you missed the action in question, Cubs shortstop Addison Russell dove into the stands for a foul ball and accidentally kicked the nachos right from Cards fan Andrew Gudermuth's hands, sliming Russell's arm with ballpark nacho cheese and leaving Gudermuth tragically snack-less. But Russell later made adorable amends by hand-delivering a new plate of chips.

See the Kick, followed by Russell's Delivery and the Happy Resolution below.

It was all pretty cool, and at least so far, we didn't even go and Ken Bone the whole thing up by elevating Nacho Man, as he will forever be known henceforth, into some modern-day folk hero.

But Cubs starting pitcher and chief lieutenant in the No Fun Police Jon Lester was not amused by the tomfoolery.

“Great effort. But I don’t understand the other stuff," Lester told the Sun-Times. "A guy fell into him and got nacho cheese on his arm and now he’s taking pictures and signing autographs. It shows you where our society's at right now with all that stuff."

Yes, the culture has dutifully given Gudermuth his 15 minutes, but have we really memed him, ironically or not, to the point of grotesque, ouroboros-like megastardom? That, or maybe Jon Lester is kinda cranky. Cheer up, dude, your magic number is one!

[H/T Deadspin]