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The mayor of San Antonio praised Pedroia as an inspiration and a role model for all young adults in the community. Dustin Pedroia Photos and Premium High Res Pictures He played for 14 years My biggest thing in my mind was that this could be my last game and you don't know. Protecting yourself from skin cancer and its damaging effects start now not years down the road. He played with a little chip on his shoulder. But she didn't get it, even after she was diagnosed. It is the same college that Dustin Pedroia attends and played baseball for the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team. He played the game he loves in service to our club, its principles and in pursuit of championships. I learned quickly that melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. It means everything., Dustin Pedroia is forever thankful for his time and career in Boston@RedSox | on NESN or https://t.co/E30UNWH1gz pic.twitter.com/kTjENqDiWb, I started my family there. Pedroia played in 14 major league seasons from 2006-19, tied with Doerr and David Ortiz for seventh most in franchise history behind only Carl Yastrzemski (23), Dwight Evans (19), Ted Williams (19), Tim Wakefield (17), Jim Rice (16), and Jason Varitek (15). According to a Red Sox marketing official, in 2011, when coconut water company Vita Coco launched a national advertising campaign, they chose Rihanna as a national spokesperson. A second son, Cole, was born in 2012, and this time Pedroia had to be pulled from a game in the seventh inning because his wife, Kelli, had gone into labor. BOSTON - Major League Baseball continues to partner with Stand Up To Cancer in efforts to raise money for the fight against the deadly disease and a public service announcement will be made during Game 4 of the World Series -- starring Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia and Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval. The couple met while studying at Arizona State University for the first time and since then they fell in love and start dating. She Deb Girard, executive director of the Melanoma Foundation of New England, says her group has pushed for legislation that would ban children younger than 16 from tanning salons. Pedroia homered to lead off the bottom of the first inning in Game 1 of the 2007 World Series at Fenway Park; he is still the only rookie ever to hit a leadoff home run in the World Series. On August 22, 2006, he joined the Boston Red Red Lobsters. "I realize that by getting a tan I am sharply increasing my chances of developing melanoma, which can be fatal if not caught in time," the pledge reads. I cant run anymore, which is fine, I dont need to run.. While many pegged him as a future big league manager during his playing days, Pedroia said he has no plans to commit to a full-time major league coaching job until his kids are grown up and out of the house.