PHOTO: Clay Buchholz's autograph is a work of abstract expressionism
Here's a photo of Clay Buchholz's autograph. Or so we're told.
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Dayn Perry
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So the Red Sox purport that what follows is the autograph of right-hander Clay Buchholz ...
Clay Buchholz takes the mound tonight in Totonto against R.A. Dickey. RT to win this signed baseball. #JustBecause pic.twitter.com/KXb4zoVsF7
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) July 23, 2014
Contrary to appearances, crack Internet research reveals that the billowy scrawl above is actually Mr. Buchholz's autograph. Much like a Jackson Pollock or Mark Rothko painting, Buchholz's autograph is best appreciated, one assumes, in person, from a close vantage point with museum-quality lighting upon it and a with tray of appetizers and snifter of something imported within reach. It is then and only then that one appreciates the artifice involved in what you see above.
