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Full Name:
 

Dustin Luis Pedroia

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Nicknames:

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Pedey, Laser Show, Dinky Pedinky, and Muddy Chicken

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Born:  
   

August 17, 1983
Woodland, California

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Family:  

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Wife: Kelli
Father: Guy  
Mother: Debbie 

Brother: Brett

Spouse: Kelli

Uncle: Phil Snow

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He is the nephew of Temple University defensive coordinator Phil Snow.

His parents run a tire store on Main Street in Woodland 

Debbie (mother) played tennis at Sacramento City College.
 

(* Any heckles regarding his brother might be considered poor taste as he was arrested in January 2008 on child-molestation charges and sentenced to a year in county jail). 

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School:  

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Woodland High School, Woodland, California
Mascot: Wolves (Woody the Wolf)

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Arizona State University (ASU)
Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team 
Coach: Pat Murphy

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He was teammates with Ian Kinsler and Andre Ethier. 

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Baseball Related:

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2004 - Drafted by the Red Sox (65th overall) ($575,000 signing bonus).

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2006 - August 22nd - Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox.
 

2008 - Signed a 6-year contract extension ($40.5 million).

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2013 - Pedroia signed an 8-year extension ($110 million).

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2013 - Won the World Series with the Boston Red Sox (against the St, Louis Cardinals).

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Extra:

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In an interview given to Boston, Pedroia criticized his home town of Woodland, California, calling it a "dump" and a city which never embraced him. This generated backlash from his hometown and his family received death threats. Pedroia later clarified his comments saying he was only joking and his comments were taken out of context.

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Dustin Pedroia is a fan of the NBA's Sacramento Kings, and the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.

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Pedroia is interested in bigfoot (tweets about the show 'Finding Bigfoot')
 

Sample Heckles:

 

"Why do you hate Woodland so much?"

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@15lasershow