Boston Red Sox (9x World Series Champions)

[Mike80]

Jon Lester with the no-no....

Just as impressive (IMO) is that after 130 pitches, he was still throwing 95 MPH fastballs in the 9th....

 

[OSUsushichic]

Jon Lester with the no-no....

Just as impressive (IMO) is that after 130 pitches, he was still throwing 95 MPH fastballs in the 9th....

Unbelievable! The kid had cancer a year and a half ago. What an amazing comeback.

Varitek has caught 4 no hitters in his career. Wow.

 

[starBUCKS]

Congrats Jon!!! I turned down tickets to tonights game because of the weather


But instead I hung out with a cute little Puerto Rican chick


Which I'm ignoring right now and am on the planet

 

[Nutriaitch]

Unbelievable! The kid had cancer a year and a half ago. What an amazing comeback.

hell of a game tonight.
1st time I ever watch one live (yeah it was on TV)

Varitek has caught 4 no hitters in his career. Wow.

Lester, Bucholtz, Nomo
who am I missing?

 

[OSUsushichic]

Lester, Bucholtz, Nomo
who am I missing?

Lowe 2002

 

[Nutriaitch]

Lowe 2002

yep, just looked it up.
how the hell do I remember Nomo from '01, but not Lowe from '02?

 

[OSUsushichic]

ESPN - Royals vs. Red Sox - Recap - May 19, 2008

 

[OSUsushichic]

This star had big supporting cast

By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff | May 20, 2008

It was the top of the fourth inning, and Jon Lester was pitching to Kansas City designated hitter Jose Guillen with two outs.

Guillen hit a ball to center field that was dropping fast and appeared destined to be a base hit - but speedy Jacoby Ellsbury raced in and made a diving catch that ended the inning. It was a terrific play, but Ellsbury wouldn't realize just how important it was until Lester struck out Alberto Callaspo to end the ninth and complete his no-hitter last night at Fenway Park.

Boston Red Sox - Red Sox' Lester had big supporting cast in no-hitter - The Boston Globe

 

[OSUsushichic]

Just say no
Lester throws no-hitter at Fenway Park

By Gordon Edes, Globe Staff | May 20, 2008

He put the ball in his cowboy boot. A temporary refuge, to be sure, but a measure of how Jon Lester chose to wear his fame on a magical, windswept Monday night in May.

The Red Sox lefthander threw a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals last night at Fenway Park, which in baseball is often cast as an immortal act but for a cancer survivor is something to be taken with a touch of modesty, a pinch of humor, and, in a quiet moment, to be stuck in your shoe.

Boston Red Sox - Red Sox lefty Lester no-hits Royals - The Boston Globe

 

[OSUsushichic]

Varitek gets his mitts on history, too

By Gordon Edes, Globe Staff | May 20, 2008

There would be a slice of history for the catcher, too.

Jason Varitek, who caught Jon Lester's 130 pitches last night, became the first catcher behind the plate for four no-hitters.

Varitek caught Clay Buchholz's no-hitter last Sept. 1 against the Orioles in Fenway Park. He also caught Derek Lowe's no-hitter on April 27, 2002, in Fenway Park against Tampa Bay, and Hideo Nomo's no-hitter on April 4, 2001, in Baltimore against the Orioles.

Boston Red Sox - Red Sox' Varitek gets his mitts on no-hit history, too - The Boston Globe

 

[OSUsushichic]

How awesome that. What a moment. I've never been so nervous watchiing a 7-0 lead since Gagne was with us.

Red Sox

 

[tibor75]

Anybody else think a no hitter is the most overrated "event" in sports? "History has been made!" "An historic night in Boston!"

yeah, so historic that it happens every year, most years at least 2 or 3 times.

according to wikipedia: 256 no-hitters have been thrown in Major League history; only 17 of those were perfect games

 

[sears3820]

Anybody else think a no hitter is the most overrated "event" in sports? "History has been made!" "An historic night in Boston!"

yeah, so historic that it happens every year, most years at least 2 or 3 times.

according to wikipedia: 256 no-hitters have been thrown in Major League history; only 17 of those were perfect games

I think it falls somewhere in the middle of what you said and what the media is making it out to be.

Lester's no-no is being glorified more because of his battle with lymphoma.

 

[Nutriaitch]

yeah, so historic that it happens every year, most years at least 2 or 3 times.

according to wikipedia: 256 no-hitters have been thrown in Major League history; only 17 of those were perfect games

There as been over 175,000 games played in MLB history. Of which, less than 0.15% have been no hitters.
I'd say that's pretty rare and historic.

 

[OSUsushichic]

Tonight's starting pitcher, Justin Masterson, was born in Jamaica and resides in Beavercreek, OH, during the offseason. You don't hear that every day.