Lefty pitcher Jon Lester was diagnosed with lymphoma about 2 years ago, wasn't sure whether he'd live or die, let alone ever return to the MLB.

Last night he hurled a no hitter at Fenway for the greatest ball team in the world. The first for a lefty Red Sox player in 52 years. I'll bet the first of any player on any team that ever had lymphoma. He has never even pitched a full 9 innings before last night, never gone over 113 pitches either.

Congrats kid!

Fantastic story. Absolutely great!!

"the greatest ball team in the world"

Amen to that, brother!! GO SAWX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 18th no hitter in Red Sox history, only the 4th this century.

I may not be a Sox fan any more, but it really is an inspirational story.

How about Veritek (sp) the catcher for 4 no hitters by different pitchers. As a former catcher, that is also a great story.

Great, great story! Good for him. A no-no is always an incredible thing to see.

About the Sox though...for all you sox fans out there, realize that they are pretty much the yankees in red instead of pinstripes, with a somewhat better farm system.

As I noted on another thread,

I literally got chills watching the story on the news. Wish I'd gotten home earlier and caught wind of it. I have the baseball package and could have at least recorded it.

He went to Bellarmine Preparatory in Tacoma, South of Seattle. Lots of people rooting for him around here.