Jon Lester won the Tony Conigliaro Award today. The award recognizes one major league baseball player that overcomes adversity. Lester was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma when he was 22 during the 2006 season. After undergoing chemotherapy he was declared cancer free before the start of the ’07 season. The award was started by the Red Sox in 1990 to honor Tony C. when he passed away at age 45. Mike Lowell also won the award while he was on the Marlins for surviving cancer. Jon Lester showed how far he has come by his great performance in game 4 of the World Series.
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