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Dustin Pedroia, MLB 09: The Show Commercial

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The most unlikely of pitchman in the history of Major League Baseball; Dustin Pedroia. However, at the same time he might be the perfect player to grace the cover of MLB 09:  The Show.
One of the main consumer demographics of videogames are certainly kids. Those kids absolutely look up to Dustin. The reason why is [...]

The Bottom Line: last night in sports – December 4th edition

Dustin Pedroia showed, again, all that is great and pure in baseball yesterday as he signed a 6 year $40.5 million extension with the Boston Red Sox. Pedroia would have been eligible for free agency after the 2012 season, will now remain with the Red Sox until 2014, with a club option for 2015. Dustin [...]

Dallas Morning News' Evan Grant leaves Dustin Pedroia off AL MVP Ballot

Pedroia became only the third player ever to win the MVP the year after being Rookie of the Year–no thanks to one Evan Grant. Evan Grant was the only baseball ‘writer’ (and I use that term loosely) to completely leave Dustin Pedroia off his AL MVP Ballot.
Here is what Grant wrote on Monday:

I think the [...]

The Bottom Line: last night in sports – November 18th Massachusetts Sports edition

Memphis and Massachusetts kicked off the college basketball season on ESPN last night at midnight. The game was close for the first half but in the end Memphis pulled away. It was a game full of story lines. UMass’s Coach Kellogg played at UMass in the early 90’s and was an assistant under Coach Cal [...]

Ken Rosenthal writes about the Red Sox being too white

Ken Rosenthal posted an article that essentially says that the Red Sox are too white. Rosenthal also wonders if this in combination with a past that contained allegations of racism towards the city may cause non-white free agents to shy away from signing with the team.
If not for the Red Sox’s past, if not for [...]