by shawn medeiros | May 31, 2008 | Baltimore Orioles, Game Threads, Garrett Olson, Jon Lester
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (33-24) @ Baltimore Orioles 26-27) Jon Lester (3-3, 3.55) @ Garrett Olsen (4-1, 4.09) 7:05 PM EDT | Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: My 2 year old daughters got a touch of the...
by evan brunell | May 26, 2008 | Jon Lester
With Jon Lester’s no-hitter, does it alter your outlook on his career? No, always thought he’d have a nice career as a starter. 38% of all votes Yes, he could be a No. 2/3. 30% of all votes Yes, he may have a career in the rotation after all. 12% of all...
by shawn medeiros | May 26, 2008 | Bartolo Colon, Craig Hansen, David Ortiz, Felix Hernandez, Javier Lopez, Jon Lester, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners
After coming off a no-hitter in his last start Jon Lester was mediocre in his efforts against the Oakland Athletics as Boston lost 6-3. Lester only lasted 5 innings, yielding 7 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned runs, walked 2, and struck out 3 batters. The only lead Boston had...
by evan brunell | May 25, 2008 | Game Threads, Joe Blanton, Jon Lester, Oakland Athletics
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (31-21) @ Oakland A’s 27-23) Jon Lester (3-2, 3.41) @ Joe Blanton (2-6, 3.87) 4:05 PM EDT | McAfee Collesium (Oakland, CA) TV: NESN RADIO: WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: Looks like Tim can’t make it in to get the thread up, so here...
by shawn medeiros | May 25, 2008 | David Ortiz, Huston Street, Joe Blanton, Jon Lester, Justin Duchscherer, Oakland Athletics
Justin Duchscherer was 8 outs away from a no-hitter until David Ortiz broke it up with a single.
by shawn medeiros | May 24, 2008 | Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joe Blanton, Jon Lester, Oakland Athletics, Rich Harden, Tim Wakefield
Tim Wakefield gave up 8 earned runs over 5 innings and Boston’s winning streak ended as they were beat by Rich Harden and the Oakland Athletics 8-3. Harden struck out 8, yielded two runs, and pitched for 6 innings to earn the victory (3-0). Dustin Pedroia hit...
by tim daloisio | May 23, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, Hideo Nomo, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Pedro Martinez
Jon Lester’s no hitter this week has been plenty of fodder for bloggers everywhere. I’ll be no exception as this post was in part inspired by the performance of the young lefty on Monday night. In this week’s episode of the Fireside Chats Red Sox...
by zach hayes | May 21, 2008 | Jon Lester
Battling and surviving through a scare as monumental and life-threatening as cancer would have been enough. Returning to the mound, his own personal pitching haven, to throw a major league game less than a year after the cancer diagnosis would have been enough....
by guest | May 20, 2008 | Jon Lester
Sean O comes out of the comments and gives us his first hand account of Jon Lester’s no hitter at Fenway Park. Remember, this is the same person whose pregame comments consisted of, “This is the FOURTH TIME I’ll have seen Lester this year. What have...
by shawn medeiros | May 20, 2008 | Bartolo Colon, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Julio Lugo, Kansas City Royals, Theo Epstein
Justin Masterson had a tough act to follow after Jon Lester’s no-hitter last night. So, Masterson just followed that up with a gem of his own earning his first major league win in the 2-1 contest against the Kansas City Royals. Masterson threw for 6 1/3 innings...
