Local Boy Makes Good, Part 2

Last year around this time we reported that Dustin Pedroia, Yolo County native who graduated from Woodland High in 2001, won the AL Rookie of the Year award. This year he did one better and won the AL Most Valuable Player award, hitting .326 with 17 home runs and 83 RBIs for the Red Sox. At a height of 5’9” at best he’s not your typically-sized ballplayer, either.

One of these months I’m going to have to browse through archives of Woodland’s local rag, The Daily Democrat, and read about some of Pedroia’s high school batting feats.