Jon Lester and David Ross have a bromance that goes far beyond that of most baseball players.

It’s more than just a pitcher-catcher dynamic and they proved that time and time again in their two years together as battery mates on the Cubs in 2015-16.

Hopping on “Off the Mound with Ryan Dempster” on Marquee Sports Network Friday evening, Lester pulled the curtain back on what the relationship was like between the two players.

Dempster asked Lester about pitching Game 5 of the 2016 World Series at Wrigley Field when the Cubs were facing elimination, down 3-1 in the series to the Indians.

The Cubs wound up winning that contest by the narrowest of margins (3-2), setting the stage for the heroics of Lester, Ross and others a couple days later in Cleveland.

But on that fateful Oct. 30 night on Chicago’s North Side, the veteran southpaw got the feeling early it was going to be a special evening.

“Game 5 was just crazy,” Lester said. “Games 3 and 4, we were obviously out there early, but I just didn’t feel like it was the same as Game 5. Maybe cause your emotions and your senses are heightened because you’re pitching. When I went out there to warm up, Wrigley was packed and not only packed, but they were loud and ready to go. That was 45-50 minutes before the game.

“I just remember that feeling of warming up and going through that and it was a blur.”

Lester then got into how he and Ross would typically chat about signs and pitch sequencing as they strolled across the field during warm-ups. But this time, it was different.

“He cuts me off and he’s like, ‘I love you, man.’ And I’m like, ‘I love you, too,'” Lester said. “And it kinda threw me off from everything just because that might’ve been his last start, so now all that stuff started coming into my mind.

“And then we get to the first batter and it’s like, man, I had such an ease about being on the mound. I’ve prepared, I’m ready and it’s like punchy [punchout], punchy, punchy and me and Rossy are looking at each other running off the mound and it’s like, ‘It’s game over.'”

Like he said, Lester struck out the side in the 1st inning of Game 5 before surrendering a solo home run to Jose Ramirez in the 2nd inning. The Cubs tallied 3 runs in the 4th inning and Lester made it hold up with some help from closer Aroldis Chapman.

That game wound up being Ross’ last start before retiring, though he still had a special moment left in his playing career when he hit a crucial homer off Andrew Miller in Game 7.