Dustin Pedroia
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So, no, I appreciate that, Rob.
That means the world.
Oh, yeah, it'd be legendary, wouldn't it?
It would.
No, I mean, I never set goals.
You know, my mindset was, well, what happens if I set, like, oh, I want to hit 40 doubles, and then I have 40 doubles at the All-Star break?
What do I do?
Quit?
You know what I mean?
Like, you can't set goals.
Like, my goal wasn't to be a Hall of Fame baseball player.
Now...
We talked about this last year, and that was the part that I was like, man, I don't really understand how this works.
You're like, oh, if you played two more years healthy, you'd be a first ballot.
And I'm like, wait a minute, if I hit 280 with 170 hits and 30 doubles and 15 home runs for two more years, I'd be a Hall of Famer?
I don't understand.
Like, so I don't, that's the part I don't, I don't listen.
I got hurt.
Um, and my career just abruptly stopped, which that part is always going to be hard to deal with.
Like I think about it every day, probably 10 times a day.