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Spring Training: Dustin Pedroia on upcoming visit to D.C.

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Play from 1:46[1:46] ..." got without a tough draw now we've got to face Beckett and Manny Delcarmen and and Harvey Lopez and and Devern Hansack and all all four of those guys have been thrown borrow while you know it's great great -- especially you know trying"...

Play from 2:26[2:26] ..." one or two guys that don't like him off from I think Frank Thomas is one of them but other than that man there's. You know these he's real tough."...

Play from 0:01[0:01]" terrorists in Pretoria crescent forests came going to Washington Wednesday to meet the president and then. Code -- did them veterans with your thoughts about the whole trip it's going to be awesome a lot of lot of fond it's an experience not a lot of people on in the world to get an opportunity to meet president of the United States' terrorism but most powerful man world saw. Settling it be fun and and then to see. See the guys that are out fine for our country's going to be definitely a great experience for us that we emotional cutesy similar package where -- in tough shape how tough -- not Q. Right now aren't crime it's going to be tough man did to those guys it. You gotta understand where they're coming from the other different for all of us and to going there and see them and and what they've done. It's a lot bigger than that a sport you know it's it's lot bigger than everything they're. You know there are definitely a tremendous sure they're the heroes not not any of us. I imagine your team can feel it the same way yeah every I think everybody does I think everybody is excited to go there and and -- see those guys and and and in the president's going to be it's going to be fun a lot of guys experience and -- four but there's some us that that they get an opportunity to so it's going to be throw for us hotel five in the first three days of batting practice finishing pitches for unprepared. In order it it's not that bad you know they they tell us what's common solo we get a good good good chance to see some pitches and kind of get in our rhythm too so. -- it helps us to you know it's it's it's tough you know with the cage around -- and stuff like that but. You know it's it's more of an advantage just seem pitches and and get yourself back into -- live mode anymore -- pitchers who -- stand -- If you face over she got without a tough draw now we've got to face Beckett and Manny Delcarmen and and Harvey Lopez and and Devern Hansack and all all four of those guys have been thrown borrow while you know it's great great -- especially you know trying to get ready for for other teams pitching staff because ours ours probably one of the best in the big leagues."

Play from 2:02[2:02]" Really you do have your phrase great trio would have Holland probably Timmy and he can have been under way guy -- have put us. Fourteen years kinda how -- it came in what did what did you mean did this effects of that thing."

Play from 2:15[2:15]" Cause he's been great for the longest time you know he eats up innings and and knows who knows what he needs to do and and knows how to get guys out and and I don't think anybody in baseball wants to see that knuckle ball I mean there's probably -- one or two guys that don't like him off from I think Frank Thomas is one of them but other than that man there's. You know these he's real tough."

Play from 2:33[2:33]" I room borrowing more undergoing a handful of pitches even throw it nowadays. -- what you think of that's though do you think more pitchers should try it and maybe could extend the Korean."

Play from 2:45[2:45]" All of I don't know -- just wait about that but you know I know that he's he's you know he's perfected as comfortable he knows you know how to throw it which way you know he wants the ball to go and you know one when he's doing that you know it's especially with the wind factor in which -- on that day it's it's tough man it's not easy to hit. And -- that we would like fuel for -- contained in -- few -- absolutely I mean he's I think dances everywhere is known that I know like cats so you know -- has done a great job with that but studies you know he's. He's got that down a -- beat duke it doesn't with the Lincoln defects we did it come naturally -- do you -- that you were -- in spring training. -- get to work cards returning but you know I that in a lot of work in the offseason trying to stay stay you know defensively. You know sharpened so these first couple days and I felt great and and a smooth and you know everything's everything's final going in the right direction could come about you grew up -- came. They're going to be are the rebuilding right now but they'll they'll be -- being twenty trying to win something you're right maybe it's joint Saudi actors"

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