One of the saddest moments in Field of Dreams is when Archie “Moonlight” Graham has to give up his dream of playing with some of the biggest names in baseball to save Ray Kinsella’s daughter from choking on a hot dog.  And yet, Graham does it with only a slight amount of hesitation.  He knows that his true calling in life is to be a doctor.

It has freaked me out the past couple of games to see Jacoby Ellsbury playing for the Red Sox, and after just a moment of thought, I finally figured out why: Jacoby Ellsbury is Moonlight Graham!

Well, I’d best be getting home to bed.  Alicia Kelly will think I’ve got a girlfriend.

PeRoYa, that's who.

A two-run shot to give the Sox a 5-2 lead.  Then a 3-RBI double to really open it up.

After a slow start to the playoffs, he really came through in the clutch.

w00t!

Update: More Pedroia goodness

A clever and appropriate misspelling of Pedroia’s last name.

[Via the fine folks at OTM]

This time from his former college coach at ASU.  It's a great read.  You really get a glimpse of why he has been so successful.

It's pretty friggin' cool to see a ball player from Woodland get written up in the New York Times:

“I love him,” pitcher Tim Wakefield said. “He gets it. He plays the game hard.”

Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said that Pedroia, who was only 130 pounds as a freshman at Arizona State, had impressed him, too.

“All he’s done is what they’ve asked of him,” Cashman said. “He’s never failed anywhere.”

While Pedroia was growing up in Woodland, Calif. [w00t!], he said his older brother and his parents constantly reminded him that, “You’ve got to play hard every day because you don’t know how long you’re going to play.”

Go Little Pedro!