Here's what happened in the time Jon Lester couldn't pick anyone off
Here's what has happened in between the last two successful Jon Lester pickoffs.
Tuesday night, Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester successfully picked off a runner at first base.
This is news because Lester hadn’t successfully picked off a runner since August 2011, over four years earlier. In between the two outs, Lester battled the yips, and even switched teams a couple times.
Here's a timeline of some other notable events from 2011's pickoff to Tuesday night's:
- Aug. 10, 2011: Jon Lester picks off Ben Revere
- September 2011: New York Mets finish fourth in NL East
- Fall 2011–Jan. 2015: Marcus Mariota's entire Oregon career
- September 2012: Mets finish fourth again
- April 29, 2013: New York Jets cut Tim Tebow
- Aug. 25, 2013: Miley Cyrus twerks at the MTV Video Music Awards
- Aug. 31, 2013: New England Patriots cut Tim Tebow
- July 22, 2013: Prince George is born
- September 2013: Mets finish third!
- Dec. 24, 2013: Astronaut Mike Hopkins takes selfie in space
- Feb. 2014: Seattle Seahawks win the Super Bowl
- March 2014: Ellen DeGeneres tweets the most popular tweet ever
- July 2014: LeBron James announces he's going back to Cleveland via Sports Illustrated
- September 2014: Mets finish third
- Feb. 2015: Seattle Seahawks lose the Super Bowl
- April 23, 1914–April 4, 2015: Wrigley Field doesn't have a videoboard for Cubs games
- April 5, 2015: Wrigley Field has a videoboard for a Cubs game
- May 2015: Princess Charlotte is born
- Sept. 5, 2015: Philadelphia Eagles cut Tim Tebow
- September: Mets in first place
- Sept. 15, 2015: Jon Lester picks off Starling Marte
Lester must remember that Revere pickoff like it was yesterday.
