Jon Lester open to return to Boston
Jon Lester sounds like a guy who hasn't fully turned the page from his long chapter with the Boston Red Sox.
Talking with the Boston Herald on Tuesday before the Oakland A's, his new team, faced the Royals in Kansas City, Lester said it's nice not to be bombarded with contract questions anymore, but there was no hint of animosity toward Boston.
In fact, a return to the Red Sox clearly hasn't been ruled out.
"My time there, the memories and all that stuff don't get erased based on this whole ordeal," Lester told the Herald. "I'm glad with where I'm at, and I understood where [Red Sox GM] Ben [Cherington] was at. At the end of the season, it's not going to change my mind about going back there if they are aggressive and competitive and do the things they say they're going to do. Boston is definitely a place I would go."
The Red Sox told Lester that they would pursue him "aggressively" in the offseason. What that actually means, however, remains to be seen.
http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/11347438/oakland-athletics-pitcher-jon-lester-not-ruling-possible-return-boston-red-sox
I hope so, and the way he's been pitching for Oakland is getting his price tag up...good for him.
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