Meet the next Red Sox Manager: Dustin Pedroia

Meet the next Red Sox Manager – Dustin Pedroia.

What do Miller Huggins, Frankie Frisch, Bucky Harris, Rogers Hornsby, Eddie Collins and Billy Herman all have in common? The answer is threefold: (1) They all played a majority of their career at second base. (2) They are all in the Hall of Fame and (3) they were all player-managers.

So why not have Pedroia take over as player-manager?

At one time being a Player-manager was not unique and often the best player on the team or the loudest would be assigned the task. In some instances, it was a money saver as a bonus would be less expensive than paying a manager. Other times management realized that certain players had that skill set and age was not…