Red Sox a Big Hit with African Villagers Peace Corps Volunteer Yardley Passes On Love of Team to People in Burkina Faso

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Thanks to a former Bangor High School tennis player with a thing for baseball, the borders of Red Sox Nation may have expanded even more.

Josh Yardley went from being a recent college graduate in one of the world's most populous cities with all the modern conveniences to a rookie math teacher in an impoverished village of 4,000 people having no electricity, running water, or paved roads. Oh, one other thing... He couldn't speak the native language.

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Red Sox a Big Hit with African Villagers Peace Corps Volunteer Yardley Passes On Love of Team to People in Burkina Faso

It has been said that sports can overcome many barriers and Yardley now knows the inherent truth in that statement.

Fresh off a 27-month stay in the landlocked West African country of Burkina Faso, the 24-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumnus can thank the Boston Red Sox for making his transition from East Coast metropolis to t...

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