Things went from bad to worse in the third inning of the game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees for Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester. Lester, who had given up eight hits, three walks and five earned runs already, was hit with a liner near his right knee. After laying on the ground in obvious pain, he was removed from the contest.
X-rays were taken and they were negative. Right now, Boston is calling Lester’s injury a bruised quad. It’s uncertain whether or not Lester will be forced to miss any action.
The Red Sox went on …read more

You can’t blame New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi for being a crankypants these days.
Hank Steinbrenner lashed out at the team, A-Rod’s soap opera marriage is back in the headlines with a Madonna twist, and Jon Lester threw a shutout last night in the 7-0 Boston Red Sox win over the Yanks last night.
Girardi had a closed-door session with his team after the loss, and judging by the beginning of this clip (3m, 49s), he wasn’t in the mood to talk about it. The rest of the clip is painful if you’re a Yankees fan but nothing short of a …read more

It’s a good day in Red Sox Nation (did ya hear that, Hank ”That’s a Creation of the Red Sox and ESPN” Steinbrenner?) .
As if Jon Lester’s no-hitter weren’t enough to make us do cartwheels in between the cubicles at work, today we came across a rumor concerning more Sox-inspired curse potential at the new Yankee Stadium.
If you’re an MLB fan who isn’t living in a foxhole on an island off the coast of a country in Southeast Asia, you might remember that last month a buried David Ortiz shirt was unearthed from the new Yankee Stadium.
Now rumors are swirling that the …read more

What kind of Boston Red Sox fan would we be if we didn’t brag about share the news about pitcher—and cancer survivor—Jon Lester’s no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals last night.
Clay Buchholz, he of the fingernail injury, threw a no-hitter last year in his Major League debut. (And a shout-out goes to fellow Sox fans Caesar and Pat for joining the excitement).
As for Lester, he’s the first Sox leftie to throw a no-hitter since 1956. Check out the ESPN highlights here (2m, 38s):