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Jon Lester
American
Athlete
Born:
Jan 7
,
1984
Back
Cancer
Game
Matter
Time
You
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As I travel the country for away games, I meet kids fighting cancer in almost every city. They visit the ballpark, and I invite them onto the field so we can chat and then watch the game.
Jon Lester
Game
Travel
Cancer
Country
Field
Fighting
Every
Meet
Kids
Visit
City
Chat
Onto
Almost
Invite
Ballpark
Them
Then
Games
Away
Watch
The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or on the water as well.
Jon Lester
Time
You
Patience
Game
Perseverance
Water
Approach
Hunting
Take
Well
Fishing
Score
Mound
Pitch
Pitching
Woods
Biggest
Regardless
Biggest Things
Translate
Helps
Things
Two
You still have to pitch the same game, execute your pitches as best you can. If the shadows end up helping you out, then great, but you can't really worry about that stuff.
Jon Lester
Best
Great
You
Game
Worry
Out
Shadows
About
Stuff
Execute
Still
End
Up
Same
Pitch
Pitches
Then
Really
Your
Helping
Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.
Jon Lester
You
Back
Kind
Attention
Dugout
Walking
Going
Pitcher
Clubhouse
Forth
Really
Regular
Regular Season
Paying
Season
Starting
Growing up, it was mainly just players I followed more than teams, with the exception of the Mariners. I never really had time to follow a team throughout a season.
Jon Lester
Time
Follow
Followed
More
Exception
Throughout
Never
Had
Mainly
Up
Than
Just
Really
Team
Teams
Growing
Growing Up
Season
Players
Pitchers really don't deal with the managers a whole lot. When we come in the clubhouse, we see him, we say, 'Hey.' That's really it.
Jon Lester
Hey
Say
See
Come
Him
Deal
Lot
Managers
Pitchers
Clubhouse
Really
Whole
I'm pretty fair-skinned, so I need to get in the sun for a little while.
Jon Lester
Sun
Pretty
Get
While
Little
Little While
Need
No matter what you do in the offseason, you can't simulate putting spikes on and standing in the grass and being around your teammates. When you're around your teammates, you step it up a notch. It's just kind of instinctive you do that.
Jon Lester
You
Matter
Teammates
Grass
Kind
Step
Simulate
Putting
Instinctive
Around
Up
Just
Being
Just Kind
Notch
Your
Standing
I'm not a follower.
Jon Lester
Follower
Just as I'm fortunate to pitch in the big leagues, I'm also fortunate for the time I get to spend outdoors.
Jon Lester
Time
Big
Spend
Outdoors
Leagues
Also
Big Leagues
Get
Pitch
Just
Fortunate
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