Lester’s No-Hitter

Peter@BaseballReflections posted 5/21/2008 from baseballreflections.com [flag]

About 22 months ago, Jon Lester, talented young starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. 10 months later, Lester was the winning pitcher for Boston’s clinching game 4 victory in last year’s World Series against the Rockies. Now, 18 months after defeating cancer and completing his cancer treatment [link]

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Manny waiting on 500?

Projo Sox Blog found this 5/21/2008 on www.boston.com

With a no-hitter by Jon Lester Monday night and an excellent pitching performance by Justin Masterson last night, the wait continues for Manny Ramirez' 500th home run. Stuck at 498, he had some interesting things to say on the topic to Maureen ...

Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 5/21

beisbolct posted 5/21/2008 from soxanddawgs.com

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No-no fever! The non-hyped sequel

Clo posted 5/21/2008 from seamheads.com

Looking at a few questions from last week. What luck! If you don't live under a rock, you surely know by now that Jon Lester threw a no-hitter on Monday. (Seriously, it was on World News Tonight .) He conveniently did this within the week after my post on predicting a no-hitter. We'll discuss my little formula that I created in the spirit of early sabermetrics some more. ...

Joba Chamberlain continues to disgrace the game with his wild celebration antics

It is about the money, stupid found this 5/21/2008 on thesportshernia.typepad.com

Joba Chamerblain, looking trim and somehow donning a Red Sox uniform, leaves the ground and goes absolutely ape after closing it out against the Royals last night.

Minor Notes: Masterson is up, Clement is down and Triunfel is out

Dave Rouleau posted 5/21/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

Red Sox prospect Justin Masterson will make his second major league start tonight . . .

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