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Jon Lester starting today... why you should watch.
Jul 23, 2007 | 9:38AM | report this

It's been over a month since I last posted and I have a really great post to wright about. As you know, the Red Sox are leading the AL East over the Yankees by 7 1/2 games and the best team in baseball. They have a terrific starting rotation with Beckett, Matzusaka, Schilling (when healthy) and knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. Their fifth man, Julian Tavarez, has been shaky the entire season so the Red Sox have decided to call up this man... 

#31- Jon Lester. Now while most people who don't know about this man will think it's not a big deal that the Sox have called someone up. Well maybe you should know about this kid's backround. Let's go back in time to about the end of August last year, Lester, a rookie, was 7-2 and pitching real well when he got some news no one wants to hear. Lester was scratched from his August 27th start against Oakland and the next day was put on the DL. The doctors told him that he had lymphoma, a treatable form of cancer. On December 5th he was told he was cured of his cancer. Then it was time for him to work his way back on the team.

On March 5th he made his first appearance since he was diagnosed with lymphoma, he went 1 inning and made 3 consecutive outs. At the beginning of the season he was pitching at Single-A Greenville Drive but was quickly called up to Triple A affiliate Pawtucket Red Sox. Then in June he was called up and today, July 23rd, he will go against Cleveland Indians and will hopefully pitch as well as he was last year. Good luck Jon, I'm rooting for you!

Red Sox @ Indians 7:05 on ESPN2

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