Dustin Pedroia
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
There's the new format with the shifting.
When I played, we were shifting every player at the end.
At the beginning, it was more traditional, straight up, all this stuff.
But I think mentally, it's the same thing.
Guys, you go through ups and downs.
You go through your 0 for 20s.
You go through your 13 for 20s.
You go through all that stuff.
The player thinks the same.
The player's trying to compete every day.
It's a grind.
It's 162 games.
And now, shoot, it's 35 spring training games, and then the postseason is long.
So it is a 365-day grind because once the season gets over, you're trying to find ways to get better and get your body back and do everything.
By the time you do that, we're on for the next season.
So as a manager, it's support, man.
It is –
Hey, we're going to do the right things.
We're going to prepare the right way.
We're going to have the right attitude.