by jake digregorio | Oct 1, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Carlos Carrassco, David Ortiz, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
The Boston Red Sox finally broke out of a six-game slide, with a lackluster, yet productive, victory over the Cleveland Indians, 3-0, on Thursday night. It’s just too bad somebody had to get hurt in the process. How is it that whenever Jon Lester is on the...
by evan brunell | Oct 1, 2009 | Carlos Carrassco, Cleveland Indians, Game Threads, Jon Lester
GAME NOTES: You could make the case Cleveland is worse than Toronto and Kansas City. Let’s hope so… so we can finally win a freaking game. Jon Lester takes the mound in a big tune-up game for him.
by mike silver | Sep 26, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Game Recap, Joba Chamberlain, Jon Lester, New York Yankees
Friday was a night where the Red Sox had a great chance to send their division rivals a message. Instead, they stumbled from the get-go, falling behind 5-0 before they broke the shutout (and no-hitter) in the fourth. The game was shaky from the beginning, as the Sox...
by evan brunell | Sep 25, 2009 | Game Threads, Joba Chamberlain, Jon Lester, New York Yankees
GAME NOTES: Jon Lester, the probable ace in October, duels against Joba Chamberlain who is fighting for his rotation spot (versus Chad Gaudin).
by evan brunell | Sep 25, 2009 | Jon Lester, Quick Post
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....
by mike silver | Sep 22, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, C.C. Sabathia, Felix Hernandez, Jon Lester, Justin Verlander, Quick Post, Zach Grienke
The Cy Young Award campaigns are beginning to get heated this time of year. The baseball media has zeroed in on four prime candidates: Zack Greinke, C.C. Sabathia, Justin Verlander, and Felix Hernadez. Each of these pitchers has a great resume, but Jon Lester has had...
by jake digregorio | Sep 19, 2009 | Brian Anderson, David Hernandez, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
Even an uninspiring performance by Jon Lester was enough to get the job done against an Orioles team that has all but thrown in the orange towel, as Boston beat Baltimore, 11-5, on Saturday. It was the Red Sox bats that locked up the 12th consecutive series win...
by evan brunell | Sep 19, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, David Hernandez, Game Threads, Jon Lester
GAME NOTES: Lester starts on one extra day of rest. Lester is inching up on 200 innings pitched on the year, so I see no reason why they shouldn’t be a little cautious this late in the season. David Hernandez? Fah! Lester eats David Hernandez for...
by tim daloisio | Sep 18, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester
A few years back, I was introduced to a simple site on the Internet that gave me a different and useful lens on the baseball season. Doug’s Stats (www.dougstats.com) looks much like it did the day I stumbled on it in 2003. It hasn’t gotten a Web 2.0...
by evan brunell | Sep 13, 2009 | Game Threads, James Shields, Jon Lester, Tampa Bay Rays
GAME NOTES: Jon Lester takes the mound. Let’s hope he starts off better than the canceled Friday affair, when he got the bases drunk in the first and only had one out before the torrential rain come. He’ll go against ‘Big Game James’ Shields,...
