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Originally Posted by Ilow
No need to be jealous, just because the Red Sox have more no-hitters in the last nine months than the D-backs have in their history. He's still young and inconsistent, but this shows why the Red Sox were reluctant to give him and Buchholtz up to get Santana. Besides, the dude's only been in remission from CANCER for a year. That's pretty good in my book. That Royals team has actually been pretty hot and had the reigning player of the week on it too, so you can't even dis him there.
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When I said average I didn't mean it as a knock against him. It's just that when you think of no-no's you think of the dominant aces. Nolan, Johnson, etc. Guys that pile up the strikeouts.
I will take back a little bit of it though. Lester is only 24. The fact that he has been able to put up league average numbers at young ages is great. He could probably have some very good peak years.
This certainly puts him in a select group of pitchers. Most of best pitchers of this generation (Clemens, Glavine, Maddox, Schilling) never got one.
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Originally Posted by guccilvr
Oh and we can't really forget Varitek in this either.. caught 4 no hitters.. that's quite the accomplishment.
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Catchers can have a LOT to do with it.