Lester Festers;Sox Split et al--Peter

Well, Jenn, I share your concerns over Lester. Usually when a pitcher succeeds, it's because at some point in the game(s), he gets into a rhythm. Makes no diff whether he's throwing heat, junk or some other combination of stuff. At some point, he gets into a groove, gets comfortable and that rhythm takes over. At that point, he starts to run off four, five, six innings or more without a baserunner; or, if he lets one guy reach base, he quickly regains control and eliminates any chance that it will grow into a rally. Lester's got his velocity, but he seems somehow uncomfortable. It's as if he starts to roll along and then realizes things are OK and unconsciously reacts by changing things just enough that suddenly he's a target. I hope he gets it straight. Right now, the Sox Big 3 aren't looking to impressive. Dice was going along OK until he had one bad inning and that was that. At least JB looked good today--8 K's in 7 innings and only three hits. Even better: his game WHIP was under 1.0 today. Sox back in sole possession of First.
Other stuff: Too bad, Jake's streak ended at 22 as he went 0fer today. Tek still isn't what you'd call a good hitter yet, but, including today's pair of circuits, he's doing a hell of a lot better than last year. I'll take anything I can get. There's some talk that the Sox may pick up a third catcher just in case he or Wake's caddy gets hurt. I even saw a suggestion on the web that Posada could be available. Wouldn't that be something? Doubt he'd agree to come--too much history in the rivalry. Years ago, when players didn't have the right of refusal, there was serious talk of an even-up trade of Teddy Ballgame for Joe D. Fortunately, for the Hose, it never went through. Just over a year later, DiMag was retired and TW was still going for another decade.
Regarding Aidan's arrival at Fenner's, I guess this means he's got one up on Pops. I never got to a sports bar (or any other kind) until well into my teens. As far as falling asleep, I went to my first ball game at age four and it was a twinbill. I fell asleep in the 4th inning. It wasn't a Sox game either. It was the Boston Braves vs. the Phillies. Saw my first Sox game a couple of weeks later--stayed awake for that one. Both Beantown teams weren't too bad. The Sox had gone to the Series the year before and missed the next year's ('48) Series by losing a one game playoff against the Tribe, while the Braves won the Series in '48. Could have been a Boston Series. Oh, well.
Enough rambling. It's late; the book needs more work and I'm exhausted.