Dustin Pedroia: MVP

To the scrappy tough guy and fighter 'til the end: Congrats, Mr. 2008 AL MVP. Sounds good, Dear Criss. How's that for the 2007 AL Rookie of the Year? Who does he share that back-to-back honor with (among a few others)? Cal Ripken.

Roxy

P.S. I gotta get some sleep. I'll blog about that Pats game later this week. Wish I could go. And when did college basketball start?! Too soon.

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