The International House of Bacon

So, for those of you who aren’t baseball/Red Sox fans, Sox pitcher Jon Lester threw a no-hitter tonight against the Royals. Lester’s story is rather interesting - a touted prospect out of high school who struggled in his first stint in the majors, was diagnosed with cancer, then beat it, winning the clinching game of the World Series six months later. Spent the off-season as one of the main bargaining chips in trade talks, stuck around, and now we’re here. 24 year old cancer survivor has pretty much done two of the greatest things a pitcher can do in his career, and it’s all secondary anyway because of what he’s done in his personal life.

Why this is cool:

1) No-hitters are always cool and fun, but this guy is obviously special in a lot of ways, and this one just feels more special because of the story, a story that every Red Sox fan carried with them in some way.

2) This guy had a good chance of not being on this team, and I was a proponent of trading him for someone. I still am in some ways, but talk about finding a way to shut up the doubters like myself for a little bit.

3) Right now, Ian Kennedy is in the minors, Philip Hughes is on the DL, Kei Igawa is Kei Igawa, and the Yankees are looking toward the return of Carl Pavano in July to stop the bleeding.

I love this game.

* Another story on the “people fleeing Massachusetts” trend.

* I’m glad Obama is willing to lie on the campaign trail so easily. No, Bush never pushed for privatization of Social Security, much to my chagrin, nor is anyone else with a chance in the race. But Obama has to play the faux populist, which requires dishonesty, so hey. Same old politics as usual, right?

* Oh, as if that’s the only dishonest thing out of his mouth that’s been put out there the last few days.

* Is Texas facing a freedom of religion situation if child protective services uses the FLDS association as a bargaining chip for the parents to get their children back?

* Finally, some entertainment fun: the trailer for Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, which looks fantastic, and McCain/Schrute 08!

Slow weekend, I suppose.