Like I Needed Another Reason to Love Pedroia

The awesomest man:

Pedroia played the final two months of the 2007 season with a cracked hamate bone in his left hand, The Boston Herald reported on Saturday. Pedroia told the newspaper that he didn't know when the injury occurred, only that an MRI and bone scan on Sept. 10 revealed the break.

The rookie second baseman played in 30 games after the injury was discovered...

Compare: Wily Mo Pena missed nearly two months for the Red Sox in 2006 with a fractured hamate.

Yeah, love him.