Dan Shaughnessy, Still An Asshole - XXVI

Once again, Shank cannot write a column about Dustin Pedroia without insult:

FORT MYERS, Fla. — We all know the little kid who loves baseball more than anything.

Maybe you were that kid. Maybe you walked around the house with a Wiffle Ball bat in your hand all day. Maybe you slept in your uniform the night before your first Little League game. Maybe you got a new mitt for Christmas and put a ball in it and tied it up for the winter so it would have a good pocket for spring. Or maybe you wore your baseball pants when you rode your bike to school.

Maybe those were things you watched your own kids do.

Thursday in Fort Myers, Dustin Pedroia was that kid.

Nearly every time Shank does a column on him, he needs to point out Pedroia's height. This time it was a sly, subtle dig, but it doesn't make Shank any less of a douchebag when he does it.

The rest of the column is a fucking insult.