Not all that long ago, Dustin Pedroia didn't get along with the town of Woodland, CA. Last year, after his brother's arrest, Pedroia had a problem with the way the local newspaper connected him with the crime. Then, during spring training, he called the town a dump (or something of that nature) and said that nobody wanted to live there. At the time, reports out of northern California seemed to indicate that for some of the local populace Dustin was persona non grata.
It would seem that Pedroia and the town have now reached a sort of peace. On January 30, Pedroia will be speaking at a benefit to raise money for the renovation of the town's ballfields.
Now, I realize that Woodland is a good-sized town and that Dustin has only been in the league for a few years but down in Hahira, GA J.D. Drew has a ballfield named after him (and his brothers) while Dustin, who seems much more outgoing, is raising money for a field named after somebody called Clark. Fair?
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