Boston's Starting Pitcher Is Actually Legally Blind?

Editor's Note: This article was posted with a format error a few weeks ago. This is the corrected version.

BOSTON- In an attempt to bolster a bullpen that has seen its fair share of injuries this season, the Boston Red Sox acquired Cy Young award winning right hander Jake Peavy from the Chicago White Sox in a three team trade on July 30th. The Sox sent their Cuban born, rising star third baseman Jose Iglesias to the Detroit Tigers, while the White Sox basically took away a bag of balls out of the deal (Avisail García, J.B. Wendelken, Francelis Montas and Cleuluis Rondon). A little known fact about Jake Peavy that should strike fear in the heart of opposing batters, as he whips a leather covered 5 ounce pellet inches from their head, is that.....he's LEGALLY BLIND!!!

According to this NESN.com article (http://nesn.com/2013/08/jake-peavy-continues-to-overcome-terrible-eyesight-pitch-well-despite-being-legally-blind/) without his corrective lenses, his eye sight is actually 20/300. If he doesn't wear these patented special glasses or contact lenses, Peavy says he sees "a big blur of colors." On Saturday, Boston's catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia (World record holder for longest last name from an MLB player EVER, no joke) applied bright colored tape to his finger tips to help Peavy pick up the signs being sent to him. It must have worked, because in this first start he went 7.0 innings and only allowed 2 runs on 4 hits with 7 strike outs and only 2 walks. Granted this was against a .500 National League ball club, so we will have to wait until he gets in a few starts against the growing list of Boston's heated rivals in the AL East (Tampa, Baltimore and the Yankees). It's a bit too soon to start putting the champagne on ice, but this move certainly makes the Sox that much more of a contender as this season comes to its thrilling conclusion. It makes you wonder if Peavy takes offense when he hears a Sox fan scream "Hey Ump, what are you blind!?"