Pedroia-tude

New year, new amazing Pedroia article.

"You got to see him playing cards with Tito," says slugger David Ortiz with his hearty laugh. "Let's say they sit down in a restaurant or in a plaza outside to play cards. You believe two seconds later they're about to fight. They're about to punch each other.

"It's so funny. It's ridiculous how they talk to each other."

I really wish there was some way to get more of the real Dustin Pedroia live on camera. Most of this stuff gets relayed vaguely, secondhand, or at best is read on his lips on television.

Then there was the time late last year when he contacted Ortiz.

"He sent me a text message in December telling me that he was ready to rock somebody already. I mean, dude, come on, seriously. It's December," Big Papi said.

Even what little snippets we get are still precious.

Comments

[anne]

You've seen the SportsNight interview, right? That was a pretty hefty dose of Pedey live!