"Jon Lester said he didn't have anything special planned with his family for the All-Star break.

"We were staying here,'' Lester said yesterday as his 11-month-old-son, Hudson, fiddled with the sunglasses tucked in his dad's shirt. "We were just going to lay low, hang out, and do stuff around the house. Just be normal for a couple of days.''

But those plans changed when Lester learned he had been selected to the American League squad for tomorrow night's All-Star Game in Phoenix. Lester was named to replace Seattle's Felix Hernandez, a player-selection who started yesterday against the Angels, making him ineligible to pitch tomorrow."