Injuries are the one thing that can derail an athlete’s career and propel another’s. We’ve seen it many times in Boston sports. Heck, it’s the reason our football team has six championships in a two-decade span.
Injuries can sideline fan favorites, or in some cases, they can impose the ultimate doom and end careers. That last scenario may be what we have with the Red Sox’s beloved second baseman, Dustin Pedroia.
You’d never think that the heart and soul of a ball club, a man that has the kind of accolades and respect from his peers that Pedroia does, to have a career cut short, but the book closes on all athlete’s careers at one point or another.