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 ...

Vintage Lester
firebrandal.com 4/21/2009 — "Vintage Lester dominates Orioles" read the headline after Sunday's 2-1 Red Sox victory over Baltimore. While headlines are known for hyperbole, by definition, Jon Lester's third and best start of 2009 was vintage. vin-tage : adjective (1) representing the high quality of a past time (2) ...

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 ...

5th Inning Strikes Again
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 ...

Lester, despite a hiccup, paves the way for Sox win with 10 Ks
soxblog.projo.com 5/5/2009 — Jon Lester picked a good time to come out with some of the best stuff he's had all year. In the first Red Sox appearance in the new Yankee stadium, Lester was a strikeout machine, punching out ten batters, equalling his career high. Lester set the ...

Time for Lester's inevitable visit to the DL?
firebrandal.com 5/16/2009 — Careful was exactly what the Red Sox organization wanted to be, when it came to Jon Lester for the 2009 season.  Lester's workload increased heavily as he pitched the Red Sox well into the 2008 postseason.  And everyone inside and outside the organization knew that his innings were ...

Troubles continue in Sox loss
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 ...

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 throws six innings
boston.com 3/24/2009 — FORT MYERS, Fla. -- With two starts left for Jon Lester, and most of the pitchers, before the regular season begins, the primary focus of this afternoon's start at the minor league complex was to continue to build Lester's pitch...

Red Sox-Mariners: Lester In Hometown Seattle — Bleacher Report - MLB 5/15/2009
The Boston Red Sox sit comfortably at 21-14, despite no consistency from their top two starters. Jon Lester is one of them, as his first full season under the scope of high expectations has been rough to say the least. But the Boston Red Sox No. ...

Ichiro hits 2 HRs, Papi sits as M's win (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 5/16/2009
Ichiro Suzuki hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning and connected twice overall, and the Seattle Mariners rallied from four runs down to beat the Boston Red Sox, playing without a benched David Ortiz, 5-4 on Friday night. Suzuki hit a ...

Ichiro hits 2 homers as Mariners beat Red Sox 5-4 — Examiner Sports 5/16/2009
Ichiro Suzuki hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning and connected twice overall, and the Seattle Mariners rallied from four runs down to beat the Boston Red Sox, playing without a benched David Ortiz, 5-4 on Friday night.

What David Ortiz and We All Need to Remember as His Slump Continues — Bleacher Report - MLB 5/16/2009
We all have our theories on why bad things happen to good people. I'm no different. I've had my good stretches and more-challenging periods. Last summer fell into the latter and will go down in the Book of Todd as one of the more challenging times ...

Going to My Happy Place: A Look at Red Sox Prospects — Bleacher Report - MLB 5/16/2009
While I stayed up late last night and watched Jon Lester collapse again with a 4-0 lead against the Mariners, I was incredibly frustrated.  Between Lester, Josh Beckett and David Ortiz, the core of the Red Sox, neither are performing well.  ...