NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 17: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Dustin Pedroia #15 of the Boston Red Sox in action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 17, 2019 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Red Sox 5-3. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Dustin Pedroia‘s career came to an unceremonious end with his surgically repaired knee refusing to cooperate. Fading into retirement in the wake of three seasons that were nearly entirely wiped out by injury isn’t how he wanted his final chapter to be written but the story of Pedroia’s tenure with the Boston Red Sox remains an incredible journey.