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| Eveland (L), Lester (R) |
Pedro Martinez gets the special treatment—and so does
Jason Varitek,
Tim Wakefield and (amazingly)
Roger Clemens. The treatment in question is the protection of a former player's number from being worn by a clearly inferior individual. Unfortunately, that favor was
not accorded to
Jon Lester—recently departed to the North Side of Chicago.
Lester's old jersey #31 is now being worn by (get ready for this) Dana Eveland. Now, while Eveland is also a left-hander, his talent level is several rungs below Lester—
several. Why the Red Sox chose to allow this (along with other indignities like giving out
Wade Boggs' #26) is mind-boggling.
