Pedroia and the Varmint

After a squirrel was chased into the Red Sox dugout Francona and the rest of the team made fun of Pedroia’s squirrel like-qualities:

“I told Pedey it looked like – anybody have AOL, they have that celebrity look-alike? – when he was behind him at second, that’s what it reminded me of,” Francona said.

“That was pretty funny,” Pedroia said. “I’ve never seen a squirrel running around. I got made fun of pretty much half the game.

“That was pretty much a distraction the whole night for me.

“It was kind of cool seeing that thing running around. Our hunting guys on our team, they were licking their chops.”