Move over, Buchholz

Time for RedSox.com and Boston.com to update their sites from those features of the Sept 1 no-hitter to include today's amazing feat. Lester. What a kid.

May 19, 2008. Another date to remember.

After last year's game, Buchholz turned into Red Sox Nation's sweetheart, having many fans root hard for his being brought onto the starting line-up.

But, Lester had always held a soft spot in my heart. As a cancer survivor, he demonstrated poise, perseverence, and amazing strength to defeat the disease and come back to professional baseball. His clinching the final World Series game last year was so fitting. What is so goose-bump inducing is that he will only continue maturing and getting better.

The front office is definitely seeing payoff in their investments in the younger players.

Probably the biggest star by the long run would be Varitek. The team owes him much for leading two young pitchers into exciting milestones. This brings his record of caught no-nos to an impressive 4.

What amused me is the rather neutral and bland post-game email Red Sox sent out:

Boston Red Sox Postgame Alert May 19, 2008 Kansas City 0, Boston 7 at Fenway Park Kansas City Record: (21-23) Boston Record: (28-19) Winning pitcher - Jon Lester (3-2) Losing pitcher - Luke Hochevar (3-3)   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E   Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 1   Boston 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 X   7 5 1 KC HR - BOS HR - J. Varitek (5) Next Boston Game: May 20, 2008 07:05 PM ET vs. Kansas City Royals

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Indeed.