Attention Tito: Start Lester in New York ONLY

Jon Lester just became the most important man in the Red Sox rotation. Not by design, of course, but out of necessity. Five and a half games is a strong lead. Not impenetrable, mind you, but strong enough where the Red Sox need to consider what life may be like in the Wild Card. Could we play Chicago? Texas? Detroit even? What about the Yankees? No team in the MLB has the home field advantage the Yankees do. While the wind tunnels do not exclusively carry Yankee fly balls over the right field fence, no team is more suited to take advantage of the currents than the Pinstripes. The Yankees have seven, yup, count 'em, SEVEN batters capable of batting left handed: Johnny Damon, Melky Cabrera, Nick Swisher, Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Hideki Matsui, and Jorge Posada. The Red Sox have one, yup, count 'em, ONE left handed starter: Jon Lester. Luckily for the Sox, he is among the best left handers in the league. See where this is going? The way the Sox playof...