The News of All News

The SWDS is gone! I woke up this morning to a great article by the Godfather himself. If you haven’t read it, it’s a must read and goes deep into the trouble the NBA has gotten itself into. Here’s the link.

Now for the News of all News though. The Red Sox have announced that they are calling up left-hander Jon Lester from AAA Pawtucket to start against the Indians Monday night. I have been waiting to hear that news since April now and Theo Epstein has been teasing me this entire time by leaving him in the minors while I’ve had to watch Julian Tavarez be the 5^th starter. Lester is one of the future stars of the Red Sox rotation after he pitched himself to a 7-2 record last season before being diagnosised with cancer. After recovering from this, tomorrow night should be an emotional time when he first steps on the mound at Jacobs Field. He’s had a long road back and hopefully he will be able to continue the success he had last season.

He has been missed this season as a great left handed pitch in the middle of the rotation (although Kason Gabbard has been pitching great as of late). The great left handed pitcher is such a rare commodity in the MLB. If I ever have a left handed son (scary thought having my gene pool in this world), the first thing he will learn is how to throw a nasty breaking ball. I may push this kid a little too hard to become a major league pitcher but he will appreciate it when he makes the majors and receives the MLB contract, which by that point could be up to $50 dollars with Scott Boras continuing his bottom feeding ways.

His return has me pumped about the future of the Red Sox rotation too. Just look at what the Red Sox could throw at American League foes in the next couple of years…

Josh Beckett
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Jon Lester
Clay Buchholz
Kason Gabbard

That somehow could be a better rotation than the Red Sox have right now. I get goose bumps looking at that rotation. The best part is that these guys are young and we could have those 5 pitching for the Red Sox for the next decade.

Good luck Jon in Cleveland! All of Red Sox Nation is behind you.