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Jon Lester's Twitter ERA might lead the league. (USATSI/Getty)

Left-hander Jon Lester has endured a rough start as a member of the Chicago Cubs. Not only does he own a 7.84 ERA through two starts, he's also started throwing over to first sometimes, with mixed results at best. Then there are the critics, the unwashed masses who have to express an opinion about something. These days, with social media, they can get right up in your face and tell you off. It can be... unpleasant. But on Twitter, Lester does whatever he can to kill the haters with kindness, and/or humor.

Scalding block, dude. But did you know that Lester is a lieutenant in the grammar police?

Or maybe just a corporal.

A word of warning: The following exchange contains adult language:

See how quickly they fold? It wasn't all bad news bears from the peanut gallery:

This one somehow relates to his errant pickoff, though the fan said he deleted it out of embarrassment:

His tactics are exactly the same as they were in December after news broke that Lester was not coming back to leaving the Boston Red Sox and many, MANY fans had a problem with that. Lester tried talking them all down from the proverbial ledge, it seemed:

And so on. Lester, obviously, has worked on his social media skills more than he has that pickoff move. But I kid! He's a great example for other athletes on how to handle hecklers on social media. He'll only make more fans, and more goodwill, this way.

Big CBS wink of the Eye: The Chicago Sun-Times