Boston's Lester on way to becoming an October legend.

[cruzg24]

For the second time in a week, the Boston Red Sox placed the hopes of their season on the broad, 24-year-old shoulders of Jon Lester. He had already replaced Josh Beckett, spitting at the pressure of the Game 1 assignment as easily as he dispatched the Los Angeles Angels. Lester did even more last night, taking a leap toward becoming every bit the October legend Beckett is.
Lester's feats so far this postseason challenge belief, defy expectation. He has twice faced the lineup that won more games than any other major league team and for 14 innings has not allowed an earned run. Lester hurled blinding fastballs and devastating curveballs for seven innings last night, giving up four hits and zero runs in the Red Sox' 3-2, ALDS-clinching victory.
Lester has grabbed these playoffs by the throat and made them his personal showcase. He has now thrown 22²⁄³ consecutive innings in the postseason without allowing an earned run.
"I don't think you could ever expect a guy to go out and do what he's done in this postseason," said Sox general manager Theo Epstein. "He was phenomenal. Last year, even though he won Game 4 of the World Series, he was still kind of a young man out there finding himself. Now, he is who he is. A dominating pitcher.''
Source: Boston.com

[cruzg24]

We now know who won those arguments about who was better between Hughes and Lester. It was Lester.

[Chubz]

it was never about Hughes and Lester, it was Hughes and Buchholz. And lets not forget Hughes pitched with a fractured rib for 3 weeks before he went on the DL.

Lester has positioned himself as a top 10 pitcher in baseball

[cruzg24]

Hughes was just awful this year and everyone was praising him while he was in the minors. He'll have another shot at it come next year.