“I mean, I was fine on the bases,” he said. “I tried to steal third, I was fine. And then the next inning, I was kind spitting up a little bit of blood.”
Wasn’t that a significant red flag?
“I don’t know, I could have bit my lip,” Pedroia said. “I don’t know man. I just do it. Do what they told me. So, they just checked me out. Pretty swollen and big and gross. They wanted to make sure I didn’t get on a plane and do something I shouldn’t be doing.”