Dustin Pedroia: Beantown's Little-Big Man

Good things come in small packages.  We’ve all heard that one before, right?  Well, aside from the proof that lies within a Hershey’s Kiss, we also have Dustin Pedroia to hammer home that cliché, and when I say hammer home, I mean it.  On a team that has had the Manny controversy, “Big Papi” as its resident slugger, and fireballers Josh Beckett and Jonathan Papelbon to strike fear in the hearts of opponents, the littlest of the Red Sox is asserting himself as a presence to be felt. Since August 17 th : 43 for 115 at the plate (.374), with 10 doubles, a triple, and six home runs, including one grand-slam against the Yankees.  His on-base percentage is .374 and his slugging percentage is .635, for an OPS of .954!  He’s amassed 20 RBI for that span and he’s still only five feet (perseverance and moxie can’t change everything). But change is probably the wrong word.  While he’s surged in the last few weeks (just ... (link)