Jon Lester News

Went up on major league trade rumors site. If link doesn't work: Beckett is highly respected by the Boston staff.

We felt like we deserved a nice, long vacation, but our recession-infected bank accounts argued to the contrary.

The most promising aspect, going forward, is that the Red Sox have money to spend again.

In the american league having all pitching and no hitting is a recipe for disaster.

Sentimentality and success don't mix well, but even those most unhappy with the way Boston's iconic 2004 team was quickly dismantled have to admit the turnover paid off.

Coming out of the chute firing strikes in good locations, John Lackey got the Angels rolling against the Red Sox with 7 1/3 scoreless innings in a 5-0 win in Game 1 of the American League Division Series at Angel Stadium on Thursday night.

That was the only question left on Monday, a day of postmortems for a Red Sox season that died a surprising and unexpected death Sunday afternoon in the shadows of Fenway Park.

Neither deal worked out particularly well. Penny won seven games for the Sox, but from May 9 until his release in late August, won only twice.

For the second straight year left-hander Scott Kazmir gets the chance to close out the Boston Red Sox in a playoff series at Fenway Park.

The 2009 season obviously did not end well for the Red Sox after being swept by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the Division Series, and the regular season was characterized by mystifying inconsistencies in their hitting, starting pitching, and relief pitching.

The dynasty will apparently have to be put on ice. A year ago, the then-defending champion Boston Red Sox surprisingly lost Game 7 of the American League Championship Series to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Two Red Sox relievers made their postseason debuts in Thursday night's 5-0 loss.

Maybe the curse was reversed. The Boston Red Sox had Dave Henderson throw out the ceremonial first pitch of Sunday's American League Division Series Game 3 at Fenway Park, perhaps looking for a little more Henderson-type magic against the Angels.

They had a two-run lead to start the ninth inning, and eventually, they had two outs and two strikes.

Jon Lester will get the ball for Game 1 of the ALDS against the Angels for the second post-season in a row.

The Boston Red Sox have cast a spell over the Angels. No one will admit it, but the hex is on.

If the Sox win today's Game 3 at Fenway Park [ map ] , Francona will turn to Lester for tomorrow's Game 4 at home and, should the club avoid elimination a second time, follow with Beckett for Wednesday's Game 5 in Anaheim, Calif.

Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver helps seal 2-0 lead over Boston Red Sox on Friday night.

When Theo Epstein set about to reinforce the Red Sox bullpen this winter, he didn't just do so with the regular season in mind.

John Lackey and the California Anaheim LA Angels bullpen were too much for the Red Sox hitters last night and the Halos took game one of the best of five series by a score of 5-0. Lackey was opposed by Boston's Jon Lester, who threw a big mistake pitch to Torii Hunter in the fifth inning, who slammed it into the rockpile in left centerfield for a ...