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How I Got Over

Found December 02, 2011 on Sawx Blog:
PLAYERS: Bobby Valentine,  Jon Lester,  Clay Buchholz,  Aaron Rodgers,  Wes Welker
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox,  Green Bay Packers,  New England Patriots

Hopefully Bobby Valentine has many lasting images during his time in Boston. (AP Photo) How I Got OverBy Kris Chandler It has been two hundred and two days since I last wrote a piece for this blog. The world, particularly the sporting world, has seen some strange s**t go down. My last piece was coverage of the annual Charity Wine event the Red Sox host to promote their various player-inspired vintages. I met Jon Lester and got the chance to watch him and Clay Buchholz talk about what it means to be a part of a charity, and to see the time one volunteers bring happiness to someone's life. How quickly things would change. Buchholz would only pitch in fourteen games in 2011, and would not see the mound after June. Lester's season ended in mediocre fashion with three losses and a no-decision as the Sox collapsed in rather epic fashion. And, of course, we all know what happened next - Theo fled, Tito was run out of town, and Red Sox Nation began to take on the pall of one of the ...
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