browniepoints.mlblogs.com - 7/10/2009
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When Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester takes the mound on Friday night against the Royals, you might notice the yellow glove he is wearing. With that, Lester will start his part of a LIVESTRONG campaign sponsored by Nike that is raising cancer awareness. Lance Armstrong is at the forefront of this ...
Why Jon Lester Will Have a Dominant Second Half
myteamrivals.typepad.com 7/11/2009 — Jon Lester had potentially his best start of the 2009 campaign Saturday night against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway. Lester who has historically owned the Royals (1.20 career ERA), and has been historically dominant at home (19-5 at Fenway), carved up the Royals for eight shutout ...
Is Lester A Different Pitcher?
tylersarticles.blogspot.com 7/3/2009 — 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 ...
Is Lester A Different Pitcher?
mvn.com 7/3/2009 — 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 ...
Jon Lester and his kind-of-yellow glove come through for Red Sox
blog.masslive.com 7/11/2009 — So, that was just about perfect: On the night after Jon Lester's involvement in the Nike Livestrong campaign was announced, he beat the Kansas City Royals tonight in a 1-0 game. Still, here's a curiousity for you: Lester was expected...
Royals @ Red Sox Preview
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 7/10/2009 — The Sox bullpen blew it last night, but the Sox also need their starters to go deeper into game. Tonight we will see if Lester can answer the call. Lester has had success against the Royals. Last time he faced them was when he had his epic no-hitter. I expect another great game out of Lester ...
Big Jon Lester
joshqpublic.com 6/7/2009 —
Nobody seemed to know where John called home, just drifted into town and stayed all alone. He didn’t say much, he kinda stayed quiet and shy. And if you spoke at all, you just said ‘hi’ to Big John. -Jimmy Dean
Public Service Announcement : Ok, here we go! Just a ...
Lester reverting to 2007 form?
bottomlinesox.com 5/21/2009 — I posted this info over at Over The Monster (highly recommended BTW) and with Lester on the hill tonight, I thought I run it by you guys as well.
In 2007, for whatever reason (inexperience, recovering from cancer, etc.) Jon Lester struggled to get through the 6th inning. He admitted ...
Oh Jonny Lester
fenwaywest.com 5/16/2009 — So, last night's game did not go to plan. The hitters spotted Jon Lester a 4 run lead. He entered the 6th inning maintaining 3 runs of that lead. Unfortunately, Jon Lester would leave that 6th inning with his team now down 5-4. Jon Lester lost a game last night that we should have won.
I'm a ...
Lester and Beckett have been truly great, of late.
firebrandal.com 6/27/2009 — If one relies on FIP, then over the past 30 days, Beckett and Lester have been the best pitchers in baseball.
Jon Lester leads every starter in the Majors with an FIP (Fielder Independent Pitching) of 2.00. Lester has allowed only 2.45 BB's per nine, while striking out an awesome twelve ...
Lester vows changes ahead, and to work himself back to success
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.
But ...
Red Sox & Royals: Rematch —
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Jon Lester (7-6, 4.16 ERA) takes the hill tonight against Brian Bannister (6-6, 3.87 ERA) as the Red Sox try to apologize to the fans for losing a 4-0 lead last night.
The bullpen, which until recently has been phenomenal, has been laying a ...