Jon Lester's no-hitter (video)

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Rewriting the Script
Published 5/18/2008 by Texas Gal at Center Field
2008 is the year Jon Lester rewrites his story. Again. 2006 was the year of the diagnosis. The year Jon, just 22 years old and in his rookie year, experienced severe lingering back pain that landed him on the DL just two months after his major league debut. The year he discovered that back pain wasn't what he thought, wasn't the aftereffect of a fender bender... it was cancer. The year he fielded questions from a mob of reporters about anaplastic large cell lymphoma during an emotional press conference. The year he faced down months of chemotherapy, and pitying looks from folks who thought he'd ...

...And Stars Fell on Lansdowne
Published 5/20/2008 by Red (noreply@blogger.com) at Surviving Grady
For those of you keeping score: In 2006, John Lester was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma. In 2007, he won the clinching game of the 2007 World Series. In 2008, just a few hours ago in fact, he pitched his first complete game--a motherf@#king no hitter against the Kansas City Royals. Is there any doubt that 2009 will find him marooned with Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Heidi Watney, the Celtics Dancers, that chick from Gossip Girl and Jenna Jameson on a desert island stocked with beer, steaks, ecstasy and Tom Waits' entire discography pre-loaded on a ...