Bronx Banter (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
With no games to preview today, I've got a piece up on SI.com summarizing five things I took away from the ALDS. Of course, the first of them Yankee fans new already: Jon Lester, who was 2-0 with a 1.19 ERA in three starts against the Bombers this year, is the Red Sox's new ace.
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated : Examining baseball's final four (cont.) — Philadelphia Phillies — This Phillies team has major stars, including the last two MVPs in Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard, and starting pitcher Cole Hamels, whose changeup has been devastating. But the thing that stands out about these players …
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
and James Shields will be the starters when the and the play Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Fla. While Matsuzaka was expected to start in the opener, the Red Sox debated who would follow him. Keep up with the latest news on The Times’s baseball blog. M.L.B. Schedules: | Standings: | Stats: | | | Manager Terry Francona could have used Jon Lester,...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Jon Lester, who pitched a no-hitter against Kansas City on May 19, starts Game 3 when the series moves to Fenway Park on Monday. Tim Wakefield, Boston's 42-year-old knuckleballer, is to start Game 4.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
For the second time in a week, the Red Sox placed the hopes of their season on the broad, 24-year-old shoulders of Jon Lester. He had already replaced Josh Beckett, spitting at the pressure of the Game 1 assignment as easily as he dispatched the Los Angeles Angels. Lester did even more last night, taking a leap toward becoming every ...
Fire Brand of the American League (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Prev. Gm: Los Angeles Angels (1-2) @ Boston Red Sox (2-1) John Lackey (0-1, 2.70)@ Jon Lester (1-0, 0.00) 8:37 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: TBS RADIO: WRKO 680, ESPN GAME NOTES: Let’s not go back to Anaheim.
Steven Ellis' Free Baseball Pitchin (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Jon Lester throws a variation of the sinker called a one-seam sinker. Here's a pic:
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe : Lester's newest moment — Jon Lester has a very important job tonight, the ramifications of which range beyond simply ensuring the Red Sox do not board a plane bound for Anaheim and Game 5 of the ALDS. — Lester, the new ace, is charged with keeping at bay the familiar — yet nearly forgotten …
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Jon Lester has a very important job tonight, the ramifications of which range beyond simply ensuring the Red Sox do not board a plane bound for Anaheim and Game 5 of the ALDS. Lester, the Red Sox new ace, tonight is charged with keeping at bay the familiar yet nearly forgotten feelings of inadequacy and dread that once shackled this organization and all of New England this time of...
Main St. USA (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Happy, happy, joy, joy In Jon Lester we trust. Boston Globe Photo Gallery: Game 4 Boston Globe Photo Gallery: Celebration: Red Sox Advance to ALCS LATimes Photo Gallery - ALDS Game 4 The winning run, scored by Jason Bay State, RBI to Jed Lowry. Neither were on the roster on opening day. In Theo we trust, too.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Jon Lester held Los Angeles to four hits in seven shutout innings but lost his chance at a second victory in the series when the Angels scored twice in the eighth to tie it 2-all. The Angels had a chance to go ahead in the ninth before Erick Aybar, whose 12th-inning single was the winner in Game 3, missed on a squeeze attempt, thwarting the threat.
Covers.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
BOSTON (AP) - John Lackey lost Game 1 against the Red Sox. Don't expect him to change his approach too much in Game 4. The Angels ace will face Boston lefty Jon Lester again Monday night at Fenway Park , with Los Angeles trailing the best-of-fi...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Big games don't seem to bother Jon Lester, who heads to the mound Monday as the Red Sox try once more to close out the Angels in their best-of-five ALDS, writes Amy K. Nelson.
Fire Brand of the American League (Free subscription) | yesterday
The previous poll asked: Who was the 2008 ALDS MVP? Jon Lester 69% of all votes Jason Bay 27% of all vote Jacoby Ellsbury 2% of all vote J.D. Drew 1% of all vote Jonathan Papelbon 1% of all vote Lester was the man in the ALDS for sure, but I am surprised that Papelbon didn’t get more support here. His five scoreless innings (1-0, [...]
The World Around You (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Game 1: Daisuke Matsuzaka - James Shields Game 2: Josh Beckett - Scott Kazmir Game 3: Jon Lester - Matt Garza Game 4: Tim Wakefield - Andy Sonnastine Game 5*: Daisuke Matsuzaka - James Shields Game 6*: Josh Beckett - Scott Kazmir Game 7*: Jon Lester - Matt Garza *If Necessary I don’t like the look of that Game 3 match-up, as strong as Lester was in the Angels series, but if we’re...
