Jon Lester throws a No-Hitter

[NavyTim]

Congrats - all he has been through. Give it up to the kid...

[Mr. Mxylsplk]

Not too shabby.

[Gringaloca]

I was watching on MLB EI..

Gotta give the kid his 'props'...Good job, Jon Lester.

[CyYoung4Vazquez]

How cute.

[Byron]

Must be nice.

Sox fans, I'm jealous - and I'm going to have this feeling for a loooong time it seems.

[yanksphan]

The Twins must be kicking themselves.

Nice job. Now suck from here on out.

[nhyankeefan]

Congratulations Jon. He looked good tonight, I guess this is what the sox saw when they said he'd be a #2 or #3 pitcher.

[YanksFan1992]

So it looks like the Sox are going to continue to be good for quite a while.

[CallOfTheCrow]

Whatever.

[Rice14]

Congrats to Jon Lester.

Did I just hear that Jason Varitek set a record by catching his 4th career no hitter?

[TW9]

Nice moment between Lester and Tito... Couldn't happen to a nicer kid. Beckett/Lester/Buchholz/Matsuzaka/Masterson....pretty scary young staff.

[shum87nyy]

when will we finally throw one again... its been 9 years!
When will we finally win one again... its been 8 years!
The Sox have done each twice since our lasts...

[B.A.]

Good for him, nice to see him battle all the way back from his ailment and have that achievement.

[jlw1980]

Who cares? It wasn't a perfect game.

[Rich]

Wonders never cease.

[BroadwayBomber55]

Congrats Jon Lester.

4th Red Sox picther in this decade to throw a no-hitter. The other three: Hideo Nomo, Derek Lowe, and Clay Buchholz.

First no-hittter from a southpaw since Mark Buehrle did it on April 18, 2007.

[ruthianblast]

Congrats to Lester; amazing performance.

[nhyankeefan]

Congrats Jon Lester.

4th Red Sox pitcher to throw a no-hitter. The other three: Hideo Nomo, Derek Lowe, and Clay Buchholz.

First no-hittter from a southpaw since Mark Buehrle did it on April 18, 2007.

Nomo was the first sox pitcher to throw a no hitter? That happened in 99, they must have had one earlier than that.

[Mark19]

May he follow in the foot steps of that other immortal lefty Eric Milton.

[EvanJ]

Did I just hear that Jason Varitek set a record by catching his 4th career no hitter?

Varitek has caught 4 of the 12 most recent no-hitters:
Lester
Buchholz last year
Hideo Nomo at Baltimore April 4, 2001
Derek Lowe vs. Tampa Bay April 27, 2002

Sources: http://mlb.com/mlb/history/rare_feat...ture=no_hitter for the dates and http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-b...0&PlayerID=217 to check that Varitek played in those games.

The last time a team pitched a no-hitter after having pitched another no-hitter less than a year before that was Philadelphia with Terry Mulholland on August 15, 1990 and Tommy Greene on May 23, 1991.

[NavyTim]

Nomo was the first sox pitcher to throw a no hitter? That happened in 99, they must have had one earlier than that.

18 total. Those were the last 4....

[ShortPorch]

May he follow in the foot steps of that other immortal lefty Eric Milton.

Oh no, we wouldn't want the Sox having a future HoFer like Eric "Cy" Milton.

[Gringaloca]

18 total. Those were the last 4....

Yep, 18 total..here's the link from mlb.com They don't list all 18, tho'

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_reca...=.jsp&c_id=bos

Not sure where we'd find that info...probably in tomorrows edition of the Globe?..

or on ESPN ...

[wang+cano=future]

Wow Lester with a no-hitter????? Jeez congrats I guess......

[Yankeeah]

Yep, 18 total..here's the link from mlb.com They don't list all 18, tho'

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_reca...=.jsp&c_id=bos

Not sure where we'd find that info...probably in tomorrows edition of the Globe?..

or on ESPN ...

They really need to invent some sort of engine, that you can search things in. This engine, would then return the information you are looking for in less than 2 seconds. They should give it a weird name. Perhaps....google.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/...No-Hitters.php