Playing nine innings while begging anyone who might know of a Derek Jeter sign-stealing scheme to come forward now…
1. I’m not going to call it the end until he tells us it is. Dustin Pedroia has earned at least that much. But when we got the news Tuesday that the 36-year-old has suffered a significant setback in the damaged knee that limited him to nine games over the past two seasons, it became impossible — especially on Hall of Fame results day — not to ponder whether he has a real shot at induction into Cooperstown someday.