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Pain of tattoo helped Tyler Saladino deal with pain of losing best friend

Tyler Saladino's tattoo honors his friend who was killed in a drunk driving accident.

(E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

In a strange way, and in a way that makes perfect sense, the pain was a remedy for the pain.

Tyler Saladino believes the agony to be a garden for his grief, where his anger and sorrow and guilt go to grow into something more meaningful.

The 30 hours the White Sox infielder spent at The Red Crow Studio, a tattoo parlor in San Diego, were broken into seven therapeutic sessions.