Lil’ Dusty Is My New Hero

September 3, 2008 · Filed Under MLB, RED SOX, VIDEOS · 3 Comments 

by the goat… It’s definitely not quite to the level of man love yet (we’ve already covered the “Samwise Gamgee” effect), but it is getting close. As of today I am officially bestowing hero status upon Dustin. I mean nobody is even close to as hot as he is right now.

It isn’t a Johnny come lately scenario though, he’s been doing it all year. It’s just that his exploits of late almost make you forget that he was an all-star before he went out of his mind.

Let’s check out an excerpt from Chad Finn’s blog “Touching all the bases” at boston.com:

But Pedroia’s numbers are staggering for a hitter of any stature. He’s leading the American League in batting (.330), hits (188), multiple-hit games (55) and runs (108) and third in doubles (43) and total bases (283). He has knocked in 22 runs in his last 19 games, is batting .600 over his last seven games, and has nine hits in 14 at-bats in the cleanup spot.

According to the Elias Stats Bureau via Buster Olney’s blog, Pedroia is the first player in Red Sox history with a five-run, a five-hit, and a five-RBI game in the same season. Considering the hitters who have graced this franchise, that is an incredibly impressive accomplishment.

Most BSP readers know by now that on the field achievements are only part of the battle towards goat hero status. There needs to be that intangible, some Je ne sais quoi if you will. Well a few posts back we found this article, here is a few good excerpts:

“There he is,” Pedroia says, “the only opposing player (Millar) who gets his own song played for him when he comes to the plate at Fenway.”… … “I’m telling you, if they play that song tonight, I’m stopping the game. I’m going up to the booth and fighting the guy at the controls. Enough already.”

On and on it goes. Day after day, in these pregame hours, Pedroia stirs the pot, dishing out threats and insults and mixing in bold predictions about his performance at the plate. He has already texted Millar, “Did you bring your glasses for the laser show tonight?”

When you add the way the guy is playing and the fact that he is a total prick to everyone, you have a borderline hero. There was just one thing missing, I couldn’t put my hoof on what it was though.

Then, on September third in the year of our Lord two thousand and eight, I saw a video of Dustin Luis Pedroia signing a ball for a fan. The fan says “I remember Jerry Remy”. Our Dustin hands the ball back to the man with these words… “Jerry Remy stunk!”. That’s right he did it, he called it like it was. Mr. Everywhere/ Red Sox GAYtion President/corporate shill/hot dog vendor finally got some due.

I kid you not, I would never joke about such an important day in our history. So without further ado:

(he drops it at the 5 second mark so pay attention)

Fucking Hero plain and simple. The man is a fucking hero.

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