Here is a link to my Sunday column about Jon Lester's first win for the A's. The full text runs below: OAKLAND ­— It was real basic. Show us what you’ve got, Jon Lester. Show us your stuff. Show us who you are. Just show us. The Oakland A’s didn’t [...]

Here is a link to my column about the Oakland A's and Jon Lester. The full text runs below. It’s fun to be Billy Beane. He has so many toys to play with. He just got another toy, lefty Jon Lester, a top-five pitcher in baseball. It sure is fun [...]