Boston Red Sox: A Dustin Pedroia trip down Memory Lane

FORT MYERS, FL- FEBRUARY 18: Dustin Pedroia #15 of the Boston Red Sox reacts during fielding drills on February 18, 2017 at jetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo by Michael Ivins/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

Dustin Pedroia memories from his Boston Red Sox career

Dustin Pedroia has packed it in after producing just 31 at-bats and three hits over the last three seasons with the Boston Red Sox. Enough to slip his career average from .300 to .299. Pedroia was the democracy of baseball as he is certainly not the prototype one would expect from an elite professional player. Pedroia leaves behind many memories and here are a few.

I first saw Pedroia at Pawtucket (AAA) in 2005 and was not overly…