{"id":54450,"date":"2025-05-11T08:30:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T08:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54450"},"modified":"2025-05-11T08:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T08:30:54","slug":"why-dustin-pedroia-family-are-hanging-out-with-red-sox-in-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54450","title":{"rendered":"Why Dustin Pedroia, family are hanging out with Red Sox in Kansas City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\">Red Sox<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<ul>\n<li><time datetime=\"2025-05-10174690936900020:36:09\">Published: May. 10, 2025, 8:36 p.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-6YTPSTE5MBFMBANLHIC7DJCRTU\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/UTZ2MTYBRNFELBZSN5P4Z7KX3U.jpg?auth=f70b20f3707d3f99cf51055a9dec0794ee52c6265cd60e22513e98d54a12720b&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90 500w\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/UTZ2MTYBRNFELBZSN5P4Z7KX3U.jpg?auth=f70b20f3707d3f99cf51055a9dec0794ee52c6265cd60e22513e98d54a12720b&amp;width=800&amp;quality=90 800w\" media=\"(max-width: 800px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/UTZ2MTYBRNFELBZSN5P4Z7KX3U.jpg?auth=f70b20f3707d3f99cf51055a9dec0794ee52c6265cd60e22513e98d54a12720b&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90 1280w\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/UTZ2MTYBRNFELBZSN5P4Z7KX3U.jpg?auth=f70b20f3707d3f99cf51055a9dec0794ee52c6265cd60e22513e98d54a12720b&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90\" sizes=\"auto, 50vw\" alt=\"Why Dustin Pedroia, family are hanging out with Red Sox in Kansas City\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Dustin Pedroia was back with the Red Sox this weekend in Kansas City. (Photo by Matt Stone\/MediaNews Group\/Boston Herald via Getty Images)MediaNews Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"HBBDUY2PKJCO7A5RPTAYTMGC2Q\">KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 There was a familiar face in the Red Sox dugout Saturday as Dustin Pedroia, for the second straight day, was around the team before they faced the Royals. It turns out the visit wasn\u2019t a coincidence.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RTYRI5HZLNGN7POWLZQ57CKMNQ\">Pedroia, his wife, Kelli, and the couple\u2019s three sons live in Arizona, which is nowhere near Kansas City. So why were they at two straight Red Sox games in the middle of the country? It turns out the trip was purposeful.<\/p>\n<p id=\"K4UWQGWXBZH6RM32CYKIIQVBCM\">\u201cHe called me last week,\u201d said manager Alex Cora. \u201cThey had the weekend off as far as sports. He was like, \u2018Want me to go to Kansas City?\u2019 I was like, \u2018It\u2019s up to you. It\u2019s your family.\u2019 He came here with the boys. Just wanted to be around with Kelli, Mother\u2019s Day. We had a good time yesterday with him. He\u2019s around today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"QE5LX7SUCFA47DWQXKDQMVDTRI\">Pedroia has had no official role with the Red Sox since officially retiring in February 2021, but he has made a couple cameos at spring training and was in Boston last summer when he was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame. Cora, a close friend and former teammate of Pedroia\u2019s, has said there\u2019s an open invitation for him to be around the club at any time. Pedroia has put off getting back into baseball in an effort to coach his sons, who are 11, 12 and 15.<\/p>\n<p id=\"WZA7TENCDZC4BFUWVCGBI3US2Y\">Pedroia saw an open date in his schedule and chose to go to a couple Red Sox games to be around the team. But there was another reason for the meeting. Pedroia\u2019s first agent as a professional was Bobby Witt, the father of Royals superstar Bobby Witt Jr., and Pedroia remembers being around the younger Witt when he was just a kid. It was something of a full-circle moment to come to Kansas City and reconnect with the reigning American League MVP runner-up.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XGUDIYNHQZHHZCRB7GYO37XU3U\">\u201cHe wanted to see the Red Sox but they wanted to meet Witt, too,\u201d said Cora. \u201cIt\u2019s good for the kids. The kids know what\u2019s going on. They know the good players and the bad managers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"ICI757ZPFRBCBBZZKGR4FCMGDU\">While with the club, Pedroia said, he took one batting practice swing and hit a line drive the other way. He also was offered to play a game of \u201cflip\u201d with players and coaches but after joking that he\u2019d get a one-day contract if team officials saw him back with a glove on, invited one of his sons to join the team game. The Pedroia Experience was in full effect.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LECIRYPMUREWDMFLH5X72WZCX4\">\u201cJust to be around us, it means a lot to them and obviously, having him around is always cool,\u201d Cora said.<\/p>\n<section>\n<ul data-testid=\"list\">\n<li>Red Sox ace proves \u2018what he\u2019s here for,\u2019 throws hardest pitch of his season (98.5 mph)<\/li>\n<li>Red Sox\u2019 Rafael Devers keeps raking amid 1B drama: \u2018He knows how to cancel the noise\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Red Sox reactions: Stars Garrett Crochet (9 Ks), Rafael Devers (4 hits) lead win to snap KC streak<\/li>\n<li>Alex Cora identifies when Walker Buehler will return, gives other Red Sox injury updates<\/li>\n<li>Red Sox lineup: Lefty masher (back spasms) out in battle of All-Star starting pitchers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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