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Jon Lester dazzled the crowd at Fenway last night shutting down KC 7-0 for the first no-hitter in the majors since teammate Clay Buchholz threw one last September. Quite a way to throw your first major league complete game for Lester -- the 24 year old cancer survivor. The no-no was the 18th all time for Boston, the second most in baseball history. It is also serves as a prime example of what is good about America's past time, its not all Canseco, Bonds and Clemens...

Tito was emotional after the game, "He's a wonderful kid, not because he threw a no-hitter. He's a good kid because he's a good kid. We're proud of him all the time but to watch him do that tonight was beyond words. I tried to put it into words but it's hard because -- what a story."

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In other news...Detroit finally put the Stars to sleep in Dallas and advance to take on the Penguins for hockey's Holy Grail...the Spurs closed out the Hornets last night (they might be hella boring to watch, but they can really play), strong match-ups in the NBA conference finals lie ahead...the always ailing Pedro Martinez is thinking about retiring after this season to spend time with his family -- I have never really liked the future first ballot HOFer, but he would be missed...Keep an eye on the Donaghy case, he and his lawyers are making some pretty damaging claims...Champions League tomorrow, come on Chelsea!