firebrandal.com - 4/21/2009
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"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) ...
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 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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Looking Back to the 2002 MLB Draft —
Bleacher Report - MLB 4/21/2009
Do you recognize the pitcher in the photo?
His name is Bryan Bullington, and he was the top overall draft pick in the 2002 Major League Baseball draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.He came from Ball State University, and hasn't done much since.
Thus is ...