Jon Lester
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"Jonathan Tyler "Jon" Lester" is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). Lester has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox from 2006 to 2014 and the Oakland Athletics in 2014. Less than two years after being diagnosed with lymphoma, Lester started and won the final game of the 2007 World Series for the Red Sox, and in May 2008, pitched a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals.

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It's getting better. I'm starting to feel a little more consistent with everything. It's coming around, slowly but surely.

I have no say over it.

It was nice to get the first one out of the way. I've thrown off that mound and I felt pretty comfortable.

You can learn a lot from him. He's a vocal guy anyway. Whenever we're talking about drills and certain things, he's going to tell you what he thinks. Just watching him go about his business, he does it the right way. He does it professionally and gets his work in.

These guys are hitting right now like they did at the beginning of the season (during a 10-0 start). They're feeding off each other. One guy hits the ball hard and the next guy wants to hit the ball hard.

A great uplift. We answered.

That's all right, too. What was important was me learning how to pitch. What each of us accomplishes helps the team.

Once I got settled in, I started throwing the ball a lot better.