myteamrivals.typepad.com - 7/11/2009
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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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 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) ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Should Jon Lester start Game 1 or 2?
firebrandal.com 9/25/2009 — Today, Rob Neyer talked about the news that Jon Lester was going to be the No. 1 starter for the Sox in the ALDS. While he concedes that on some ends it makes sense, he gave more face time to making the case for Lester starting Game 2. I'm here to disagree.
Neyer's two points: One, the Angels ...
Game of the Day Red Sox 1, Royals 0 —
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Boston's Jon Lester (right) won a duel of hot pitchers with Kansas City's Brian Bannister when Dustin Pedroia doubled in a run in the eighth inning to lift the Red Sox over the Royals 1-0 on Friday night. Lester was 4-1 in his previous seven starts ...
Red Sox 1, Royals 0 —
NYT > Baseball
BOSTON (AP) -- Dustin Pedroia doubled in a run in the eighth inning, Jon Lester outdueled Brian Bannister and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on Friday night.