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Cancer Survivor Gets First No-Hitter This Season

Cancer Survivor Gets First No-Hitter This Season

Jon Lester, a 24-year-old lefty playing for my boys (the Red Sox) just pitched the first no-hitter of the 2008 Major League season tonight against the Kansas City Royals (who last gave up a no-hitter to Nolan Ryan). Lester had survived cancer to pitch the World Series clincher for Boston last fall. I’ve been cheering [...]