Jon Lester to Use Yellow Glove During Home Games in July

by Knox BardeenFiled under: Red Sox, MLB Media WatchWhen Jon Lester takes the mound Friday evening in Boston, he'll not only carry with him his 7-6 record , he'll also carry a yellow baseball glove to raise awareness for cancer; a disease that knocked Lester down, but not out of baseball, three years ago.Friday will mark Lester's involvement with Nike and Livestrong to help "raise awareness, fund research and end the stigma about cancer that many survivors face." Lester will wear his yellow glove for every start at Fenway Park in July.In 2006, Jon Lester was diagnosed, at age 22, with a rare form of non-Hodgkin's anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, interrupting his rookie season and threatening his life. Lester underwent six chemotherapy sessions in four months then miraculously made it back into baseball just under a year after hearing the news about his cancer.Jon Lester to Use Yellow Glove During Home Games in July originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on...