Pedroia At His Finest

So I heard about this today. Red Sox second basemanDustin Pedroia, out from a fractured foot, was taking grounders this afternoon from his knees to keep his reactions sharp while on the disabled list. Veteran pitcher John Lackey came over to Pedroia while he was practicing, and jokingly asked, "What the hell are you doing?" Pedroia's response?

"Polishing the machine."

Laser Show. Relax.

Laser Show. Relax.

Remember Pedroia's quote from about 3 weeks ago talking about the slump that David Ortiz was in?

"He's had 60 at-bats, I mean a couple years ago I had 60 at-bats and I was hitting .170, what happened? Laser show. Relax"

With 53 at-bats in the month of May, Ortiz is hitting .358 with a slugging percentage of .774. Papi's had 7 home runs with 17 RBI since the month got underway. Sox open up a 3-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies tonight in Citizens Bank Park. They're riding a 3-game winning streak including the 2-game sweep of the Twins, thanks to the complete game gem tossed by Jon Lester.

Go Sox.