Why Dustin Pedroia is better to have on your team than Barry Bonds By Matt Rexroad on Sunday, June 17, 2007 @ 1:50 PM :: 0 Comments :: Blog   One of the things I am doing on this beautiful Father's Day is watching the Giants play the Red Sox. They just finished the eighth inning with a ground out by Dustin Pedroia.  On a full count with two outs he hit a grounder right at the first baseman. What does Pedroia do?  He SPRINTS all the way to first base.  Not jog. Not walk. Not head back to the dug out. He ran the whole way and ran through the base.  God bless him. So Bonds hit HR number 748 today.  Great.  I am a Gaints fan that often feels obligated to defend Bonds.  What I have never been able to defend is that an athlete that makes millions of dollars a year is not capable to running 90 feet to first base. It is not too much to ask for the  man to hustle once or twice like the rookie from Woodland. If they would just move the Red Sox out of the American League I would become a fan immediately.  I just can't get over that DH thing.

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