Early Bird.

Woot.

Jon Lester has already shown up in Southwest Florida. I now know that I'm not the only one who finds Lester a little bit boring. The cameraman agrees with me and if not for him I might never have seen a close up of Lester's knees.

The gist: He arrives early so that he can get acclimated to the weather. He's very, very glad that Jason Varitek has returned. He feels good physically. He hopes to be more efficient at the start of the season (Please. Oh, please. Follow through on this one.) He'd like to sign a long-term contract but nobody, besides the reporter, has brought it up to him. Learning baseball is an on-going process for him and he's looking forward to talking to John Smoltz.

And things can be equal in different ways.