Dustin Pedroia is my favorite baseball player. He plays for the Red Sox and is like 5' 8" but he completely dominates. He won the American League MVP in 2008 and was awarded a Gold Glove in 2008 and 2011. This type of player in the Major Leagues is usually paid somewhere around 18 to 20 million dollars a year. He makes 6.3 a year. I remember watching ESPN when the news came out that he signed a new contract with the Sox, he refused a much larger offer so that they could use the money to build up a stronger roster instead of giving all their money to him. That is something you don't see normally in pro sports! An MVP calibure athlete declined a contract deal because he felt that it was too much... Are you kidding me!? Why can't more players be like this? Players go on strike because they want more money... Why do they need more money!? Dustin Pedroia easily could have signed a much larger contract but knew that money isn't the only reason he plays baseball. He plays to compete and win!
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