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Brother's Alleged Molestation Drags Pedroia From His Throne
Brother's Alleged Molestation Drags Pedroia From His Throne
Dustin Pedroia isn't just a hero in Boston; the small Sacramento suburb of Woodland from which Pedroia hails has fallen all over itself to make sure everyone knows this is Dustin's town. But fame brings attention, and life typically includes embarrassing siblings. The famous life, then, brings ...
Pedroia’s Brother Rounds ‘Third Base’ With Young Children
Pedroia’s Brother Rounds ‘Third Base’ With Young Children
totalprosports.com — Total Pro Sports - For everything that has gone right to this point in Dustin Pedroia's career... something bad was destined to occur. Baseballs version of "the little engine who could" is now the face of newspapers for all the wrong reasons, today his brother Brett Pedroia was charged with ... (more) Pedroia’s Brother Rounds ‘Third Base’ With Young Children
Dustin Pedroia's Brother Arrested on Child Molestation Charges
Dustin Pedroia's Brother Arrested on Child Molestation Charges
mlb.fanhouse.com — by Tom Fornelli The 2008 season was a great one for Dustin Pedroia . The 5'9 second... baseman became only the eighth player in American League history to win the MVP, a Gold Glove, and a Silver Slugger award in the same season, while also being the ... (more) Dustin Pedroia's Brother Arrested on Child Molestation ...
Dustin Pedroia To Be Featured On Cover Of MLB Video Game
Dustin Pedroia To Be Featured On Cover Of MLB Video Game
rootzoo.com — Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has been selected to grace the cover of the 2009... edition of MLB's The Show. Pedroia joins David Ortiz as the only current members of the Red Sox to be on the cover of a video game. (more) Dustin Pedroia To Be Featured On Cover Of MLB Video Game
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Pedroia's Brother Charged With Molestation [Dustin Pedroia]
Deadspin — ... Dustin Pedroia's older brother has been charged with child molestation leading to disbelief within the Woodland, California community where the Pedroia's are like royalty (according to fellow resident Tom Ziller. [The Sporting Blog] ...

Pedroia’s 29-Year-Old Bro Booked For Molestation
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... (Brett Pedroia, as captured by the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE.) Let’s be clear. These charges have nothing to do with Dustin Pedroia. He’s not accused of molesting children, hurting anyone or doing anything outside of playing a really solid second base. But that won’t be enough to keep him out of the public eye now that his brother has been accused of a significantly heinous crime. Just listen to how Pedroia’s home town of Woodland, a Sacramento suburb, is taking the news , via THE SPORTING BLOG’s Tom Ziller . It’s as if people are in general disbelief. Maybe they shouldn’t ...

Pedroia’s Brother Rounds ‘Third Base’ With Young Children
Total Pro Sports — ... The small town of Woodland, a suburb just outside Sacramento is in disbelief of the shocking news, reports Tom Ziller of the Sporting Blog. He had this to say to reporters, ...

Hell In A Handbasket
Center Field — ... . The spotlight of celebrity brings a lot of good (big money, video game covers), but it also brings with it some bad as well -- and since his brother is big news, Brett's arrest also becomes "big news". Especially in community like Woodland. Tom Ziller at the Sporting News talks about the aftershock effects of something like this on the Pedroia family and the Woodland community: ...

Weekend Recap
Amphibious Sports Duo — ... a lot to those around her along the way. [NCSU] Shows what the bookmakers know, Andy Murray is bounced from the Australian Open. [ESPN] Arizona's Chase Budinger gets boot to face, Aubrey Coleman seems indifferent about the situation. [Rush the Court] Catfish pointed out the Craig Morton story on our podcast, here it is in print. [The Love of Sports] Dustin Pedroia's brother loves the kids...a little too much(allegedly). [The Sporting Blog via Deadspin] Code Redd: Bucks guard done for the season with knee ...

Throwing it around
Diamond Hoggers — ... test for Doc Gooden, he says. [24 Hours from Suicide] -Read about the top 10 prospects in the Colorado Rockies organization. [Baseball America] -There's already projections out from a lot of sources about how many innings Joba Chamberlain will get in 2009. [Roto Authority] -Dustin Pedroia's brother got busted for child molestation. [The Sporting Blog] -Kenny Rogers is leaning towards ...

Breaking News: Not Every Pedroia May be as Awesome as Dustin
mass hysteria — ... , Brett Pedroia, the 29-year-old brother of MVP and Gentile David Eckstein Dustin Pedroia, has been taken into police custody on a probable cause warrant for two counts of "oral copulation and lewd acts with a child under the age of 14." Basically, Big Bro is being accused of being a pederast, though Sporting Blog writer and fellow Woodland, CA resident Tom Ziller notes that the entire town is professing Brett's innocence , and that "the family is royalty in this town." Now, I don't know whether Brett Pedroia got a beej from a preteen (or whether getting a hummer from a girl ...

Dustin Pedroia's Hometown Hates Him
FanIQ Blog — ... Dustin Pedroia hasn't exactly said glowing things about his hometown of Woodland, California. It may or may not be justified, after the backlash following his brother's arrest for child molestation. Dustin had nothing to do with it, but obviously the familial ties make it a difficult situation for everyone. ...

The Pedroia Chronicles
The Boston Blogger — ... Brett Pedroia, 29, turned himself in to Woodland police on Jan. 9. According to an arrest report, he's suspected of oral copulation and lewd acts with a child under 14. Brett Pedroia was booked and later released on $50,000 bail. He was working in his family's tire store Saturday, but he said he had no comment. The Pedroia family is well-known and liked in Woodland.-- via The Sporting News Brett pleads not guilty. April 2009 Dustin rips his home town and the local news paper in an in depth interview by Tommy Craggs in Boston Magazine. It's a dump. You can quote me on that. I ...

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WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The older brother of AL MVP Dustin Pedroia is facing child molestation char...
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