Dustin Pedroia: Hitting Machine

Why is the MLB encouraging ballot box-stuffing?

WithMalice posted 7/14/2008 from with-malice.com

Don’t blame Yankees and Red Sox fans for those two teams’ ridiculous over-representation in the All-Star game. I’ll be the first to admit there’s no way in hell Derek Jeter should be an All-Star, just as there’s no way in hell Dustin Pedroia should be a starter or Jason Varitek should be even within 200 miles of the game. This is a problem that lies squarely with Bud Selig and the MLB brass ...

Sox in first place at All-Star break

The Soxaholix found this 7/14/2008 on www.boston.com

The Red Sox have gone into the All-Star break with a 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles before 37,344. They are one-half game in first place over the Tampa Bay Rays, who lost their seventh straight game, a 5-2 decision to the Cleveland Indians ...

Donaldson: If anyone deserves an All-Star bonus, it's Pedroia | Boston Red Sox | projo.com | The Providence Journal

SOX & Dawgs found this 7/15/2008 on www.projo.com

07:11 AM EDT on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 By JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer In the wonderful world of Manny Being Money –– oops, bit of a slip there; I meant to say Manny Being Manny –– the sensational Senor Ramirez will receive a $75,000 ...

Invading Enemy Territory

umpbump.com found this 7/16/2008 on www.outincenterfield.com

Just because it's fun to think about all seven of the Red Sox taking over a huge chunk of the Yankees' clubhouse... From the Hartford Courant : In case you were wondering: Kevin Youkilis is using Johnny Damon's locker. Manny Ramirez has a ...

First Half Surprises

SOX & Dawgs found this 7/17/2008 on ask14.sullivantire.com

To me there are a couple of big surprises that had the largest contributions to the Red Sox success in the first half. I don’t think anyone expected Dustin Pedroia would have a first half of the season like this. At this point in the season, ...