I was really excited after last year. I thought the Jon Lester of 2006/2007 was gone. You know, the one who raised your blood pressure every inning as he would allow countless baserunners on only to strand 95% of them? But apparently he’s back. Which, in some ways is a good thing, because that’s at least better than the Jon Lester from the beginning of this season who would allow baserunners on and then allow most of them to score.

Jason Bay helped out Lester’s cause with another HR, this one to right field. Some may say that it should have been caught by Alex Rios, but remember, this is the same Alex Rios who bobbled a warning track fly ball by Alex Cora and turned it into a HR. The HR was Bay’s 11th consecutive with at least one runner on. So what that really means is that it’s an impressive streak for Youks!

Also, can we now put to rest this notion of the Blue Jays being contenders instead of pretenders? Even when the Jays suck, the Sox still can barely take two of three games from them at Fenway. It’s been almost 2 years since the Sox swept the Jays, and that year the Sox won the World Series. Who knows, maybe this is a sign of things to come.