DP's Motivation

Rob Bradford talked to Pedroia the other day and got the scoop on his off season motivation. The answer he got was pretty different than what I expected. I would have guessed that the writer in Texas who left him off the MVP ballot would be the thing driving him. He loves proving people wrong, we all know that. But that wasnt what is driving him, he has been mostly motivated by... Well, I'll copy paste it right after I bring up a couple other sweet Pedroia moments. First, remember the security guard story?



He was stopped at the players' entrance at Coors Field in Denver during last year's World Series against the Colorado Rockies. The security guard didn't believe Pedroia was a player and shooed him away. Pedroia seethed. He produced his players' ID card, and the security guard questioned whether it was legitimate.

Pedroia, unable to contain his rage any longer, dropped a subtle reminder, much to the delight of Red Sox manager Terry Francona, who tells the story.

"He says, 'You don't know who I am? You really don't know who I am' " Francona says. " 'Ask Jeff f-ckin Francis who the fu-k I am. I'm the guy who hit a bomb off him and ended their f-ckin season."

How about how Jerry Remy stunk? or when he asked Brian Roberts before a game if he brought his glasses for the laser show during batting practice.? Meaning he sprays line drives everywhere.

So what is driving DP this season? How about the guy who first gave us the "Wooo!", Ric Flair, and a DVD of greatest moments. For some reason this absolutely cracks me up.

About four weeks into his offseason workouts, Dustin Pedroia had an epiphany.

He had already won a Gold Glove and American League MVP while adding a $40 million contract to the mix. But, as Pedroia is often quick to acknowledge, every little bit of motivation goes a long way.

“I watched a lot of motivational movies,” he said. “But what was huge was when about four weeks into my workout, one of my buddies downloaded (professional wrestling icon) Ric Flair’s greatest moments. So we were sitting there watching it and Rick Flair goes, ‘If you want to be the best, you’ve got to beat the best.’ I’m sitting there thinking, ‘That’s my calling. That stuff was awesome.’ That put me over the top.”

Pedroia and Dodgers OF Andre Ethier are college teammates and friends that work out together at Athletes Performance Institute in Arizona. After this epiphany they now wear Hulk Hogan shirts that say "Hangin and Bangin on Venice Beach" and pump each other up with different famous wrestling sayings and slogans.

RLOL


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Urban Dictionary is a real good website if you haven't used it. Its a dictionary but made like a wiki and full of slang. Its good for jokes, real info, white ppl wanting to understand slang bang, everything. This next definition is pretty disgusting but its creative enough that Im going to post it as the UD Definition of the day.

Double Dunk: 1. Double Dunking is the act of taking a crap while sitting upon another person's lap who in turn is also taking a crap using the bottoms legs as a seat and letting the material fall through the space between the bottoms legs. While on the toilet, there is ample room in front of the person on the bottom. This extra space can be utilized by a second person in order to increase defecating efficiency. Variations of the double dunk include the "French Double Dunk", where the top person faces the bottom person. 2. When one person sits on the toilet to go number two and another person sits on top of their lap to do the same. The top person must do their best to aim for the small space available that people normally just use to look down at their nuts, peer into the water, or sometimes spit. Ex. Hey man all the stalls are taken, let's double dunk real quick

-Jay Dubbs