Dustin Pedroia’s former Red Sox teammates and managers are lining up to congratulate him following his retirement announcement on Monday.
Here’s what they said:
David Ortiz
“I can say so much about Dustin,” Ortiz said in a statement released by the Red Sox. “It got to the point while I played that I asked myself one day, who would be a player that you would buy a ticket to see, because it was worth it to watch him play for nine innings. And my answer was Dustin Pedroia. He played with a little chip on his shoulder.