TV games, even a no-hitter, are a no-no for Jon Lester's dad

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, May 21
Published 5/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... yesterday. The Seattle Times' Larry Stone has a touching piece on how Lester's father John, back home in Puyallup, Wash., kept track of his son's no-hitter despite his superstition of not following the games when he's not at the stadium. (Hint: It revolved around listening for his wife's screams of delight.) Outside our little world, Rhode Island's Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Inquirer gets reaction from another cancer survivor, ...

Northwest Sports: In the Morning
Published 5/21/2008 by Seth (noreply@blogger.com) at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... Did you catch the end of Jon Lester's no-hitter? One guy who didn't was Lester's dad, John, who finds it too nervewracking to watch his son on TV: "I just listened for the screams coming from the house. That's when I knew he had done it." Larry Stone talked to him, and father Lester relayed what Terry Francona told him about the game: "[Francona] said he was getting emotional in the ninth, and he looked over at [pitching coach] John Farrell, who has also been a staunch supporter of Jon. Francona said, 'That wussy, he was teary-eyed. Then I started getting teary-eyed, too. There ...