mvn.com - 7/3/2009
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Boston
Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester capped off an excellent June performance
on Monday night. Lester scattered just five hits over seven shutout
innings to lead Boston to a series-opening win over the Baltimore
Orioles at Camden Yards. He struck out eight without walking a batter,
lowering ...
blog.masslive.com - 7/10/2009
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blog.masslive.com —
When Jon Lester threw his no-hitter in May
2008, I made the point afterward that it'd be
nice if it somehow allowed him to become Jon Lester, potential ace, rather than Jon Lester, cancer survivor. I received a few e-mails...
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Video: Jon Lester featured in new 'Livestrong' campaign
sportsofboston.com - 6/28/2009
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sportsofboston.com —
The NBA draft came and went. We saw
the Minnesota Timberwolves draft three point guards , two
brothers going in the same draft , and a trade involving Vince Carter . What we did not see was a trade of any sort for the Boston Celtics. Rajon Rondo still remains the starting PG and Ray Allen still ...
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Introducing Lester Hudson
novafantasysports.com - 7/4/2009
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novafantasysports.com —
Probable Pitchers for Sunday, July 5 Brandon Morrow
(SEA) @ Jon Lester (BOS) Jon Lester certainly turned
his season around. He has had 6 good starts in a row, 5 of which were quality starts, and his ERA dropped from 6.07 to 4.35. Gio Gonzalez (OAK) @ Cliff Lee (CLE) Scott Richmond (TOR) ...
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Criticism Of Maddon For Not Getting Wakefield An Inning Way Off Base
Tyler's Take On Sports —
... That would be dominant southpaw Jon Lester, who has produced 3.4 WAR but was done in by incredibly poor luck earlier in the season. The 25-year-old Lester is a legitimate front-of-the-rotation starter with outstanding stuff, exactly the type of pitcher who should be on display for millions of baseball fans at an event like the All-Star game. He may not have the record, but that’s to no fault of his own, and objectively he should’ve been the one throwing back cocktails in first class with Beckett on the flight to St. Louis. ...
Wakefield Didn’t Deserve To Get In All-Star Game
Dugout Central —
... That would be dominant southpaw Jon Lester, who has produced 3.4 WAR but was done in by incredibly poor luck earlier in the season. The 25-year-old Lester is a legitimate front-of-the-rotation starter with outstanding stuff, exactly the type of pitcher who should be on display for millions of baseball fans at an event like the All-Star game. He may not have the record, but that’s to no fault of his own, and objectively he should’ve been the one throwing back cocktails in first class with Beckett on the flight to St. Louis. ...
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soxblog.projo.com 5/17/2009 — For a time, earlier this season, Jon Lester didn't think he was pitching badly, no matter what the numbers said. Often, he wasn't; it seemed like he would be cruising along, and one little thing would go wrong, and the wheels would come off.
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outincenterfield.com 5/27/2009 — If the word “pentaphobia” doesn’t yet exist in the Oxford English Dictionary, it might need to be added very soon — along with a little tiny picture beside it of Jon Lester watching Justin Morneau’s moonshot sail over ...
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bostonherald.com 5/27/2009 — M INNEAPOLIS - The Red Sox [ team stats ] found at least a temporary solution for David Ortiz [ stats ] disappointing 2009 season by dropping him in the batting order. The next most pressing task is to come up with a game plan for generating better ...
The wheels fall off the Lester wagon... again
bottomlinesox.com 5/27/2009 — Jon Lester's frustration level has to be approaching Big Papi levels right now.
Once again he battled through the first through innings, getting strikeouts and throwing goose eggs on the scorboard... but when the Twins got their third look at Lester they exploded for 5 quick runs. And with ...
Lester goes for the sweep
bottomlinesox.com 6/18/2009 — The Red Sox have already swept the Tigers and the Yankees this month on the road to an 11-3 record in June. Tonight they will look to sweep a third team, the Marlins, with Jon Lester on the mound...
... and with Lester posting 10+ K's per game in his last three starts, I think it's safe to put ...
