The author's week was eventful, starting with a snowstorm that led to a snow day. However, amidst personal accomplishments like submitting grad school applications, a significant disappointment overshadowed the week—Nick Pivetta, a player of great personal significance to the author, signed with the San Diego Padres instead of the Boston Red Sox. This decision was particularly painful due to the author's strong ties to Boston's history and players, intertwining personal nostalgia and anguish over Pivetta's departure, especially given San Diego's past impacts on the author's favorite team.
While spending four hours in an excruciating administrative meeting trying to protect student journalism at KU, I opened my phone... and then I saw it. Nick Pivetta, after declining Boston's qualifying offer and then having his market stall like most everyone else this offseason, had signed a contract for the 2025 season.
The pain was exponentially increased when I learned that he went to San Diego, a place that has already taken so much from me: the best personality that NESN has ever had in Don Orsillo, the player who was on my first jersey in Xander Bogaerts, and the career of my favorite player ever in Dustin Pedroia.
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