‘Dustin (Pedroia) was as good as it gets,’ says his Sea Dogs manager
There were those who doubted the diminutive infielder at first sight, including Todd Claus. But there was talk that 'the kid can play.'
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Dustin Pedroia is shown during spring training in 2005, the year he played with the Portland Sea Dogs while on the fast track to a stellar major league career with the Boston Red Sox.
John Ewing/Staff Photographer
Todd Claus was in his first year in the Boston Red Sox organization, in 2004, managing the advanced Class A minor league team in Sarasota, Florida, when a round, baby-faced 20-year-old, maybe 5-foot-7, introduced himself.