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Remembering Matthew Beaudoin, the courageous Red Sox fan
Remembering Matthew Beaudoin, the courageous Red Sox fan
I haven't been sure what to write about the apparent Red Sox-Yankees fight that turned deadly when a woman ran over a crowd in her car in New Hampshire over the weekend. It's obviously not the typical Stew material. There are no jokes to be made. No fun to be had. In the end, it would probably just spark the usual Boston-New York pettiness that's so trivial in the whole scheme of ...
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In response to the petition hoopla
Red Sox Monster — ... oncoming vehicle seconds before impact. The thing is, anyone who wasn't there doesn't know what happened. That's why the language in the petition includes words and phrases like "apparent" and "remains in question." It's also why it asks the Red Sox to consider honoring Beaudoin, but doesn't demand it. Too much still needs to be determined. That hasn't stopped some from tarring and feathering Beaudoin after his death, though. Take this comment, which posted under a thoughtful piece penned earlier today by Yahoo's Kevin Kaduk : I've been a sox fan since I was a 10 year old ...

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