Lester embodies "LIVESTRONG" campaign
browniepoints.mlblogs.com 7/10/2009 — 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. ...

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...

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?
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 ...

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 ...

Lester Continues to LiveStrong
quinnmedia.blogspot.com 7/11/2009 — Jon Lester continued to own the Kansas City Royals, and got the bare minimum of offense to get the win. And with no help from a home plate umpire in dire need of a seeing eye dog. Lester was magnificent again last night, pitching eight shutout innings and allowing just four hits for his ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Look at Jon Lester’s Early Struggles
fullcount.weei.com 5/21/2009 — It is not health. It is not stuff. Jon Lester is still strong as an ox, still features a mid-90s fastball with life, a curveball that gives left-handers fits and a cutter that eats the hands of right-handers. He’s striking out a remarkable 10.3 ...

Lester, Sox Roll Over the O's
fenwaywest.com 7/26/2009 — Jon Lester pitched well, giving up 8 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 9 in 7 1/3 innings against the Orioles. Daniel Bard and RR kept the O's off of the board to preserve Lester's victory. Ortiz drove in 3 and LaRoche and Ells each drove in 2 runs to fuel the Red Sox new offensive ...

Brad Penny won't blame bullpen — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 7/10/2009
Brad Penny gave the Red Sox just five innings last night, but when he left, they had a two-run lead. On most nights, that would have been good enough for a win. But last...

Hochevar, Royals beat Red Sox — Examiner Sports 7/10/2009
David DeJesus hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning as the Kansas City Royals rallied from an early four-run deficit and knocked the Boston Red Sox out of sole possession of first place in the A.L. East with an 8-6 victory Thursday night.

Ian Kinsler Wont Be an All-Star — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/10/2009
As an avid Boston Red Sox fan, I should be happy that Dustin Pedroia is the starting AL Second Baseman. But, after learning that Ian Kinsler fell short of Brandon Inge for the final all-star vote, the whole all-star thing about fan vote and snubs ...

Sox Bullpen Blows It, Royals Steal Opener — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/10/2009
In a memorable night highlighted by David Ortiz hitting his 300th homerun, the Red Sox bullpen spoiled the historic feat by blowing the lead and letting the game get away from them, something we have rarely seen this season from baseball’s best ...

'86 TROPHY IS LATEST MET LOSS — NY Post: Sports 7/10/2009
> As if the Mets needed any more bad news, someone auctioned off a rare World Series trophy originally awarded to the team to commemorate its 1986 win over the Boston Red Sox. Robert Edward Auctions got $32,313 from a South Korean collector ...