Dinner with Dustin tix sold out, Red Sox second baseman considers switch to shortstop

According to a Clark Field Restoration Committee member: "Tickets for the Dinner with Dustin event are sold out. Response was tremendous. Thanks for everyone's support."

Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will be the guest speaker in Woodland at a special fund-raising dinner for Clark Field on Saturday, January 30. All proceeds from the event will be used for the renovation of Clark Field.

The event is presented by the Clark Field Restoration Committee, which has already made several improvements to Clark Field. A new scoreboard and new outfield fencing have been installed in addition to a new grass infield surface and sprinkler system.

Pedroia: I want to play short for Sox
2008 MVP willing to make position switch from second

The Red Sox have a hole at shortstop, and they have casually discussed filling it internally -- with second baseman Dustin Pedroia.

ESPN.com reported on [December 1] that the team has asked Pedroia, a Gold Glove Award winner at second base, if he could play shortstop for the team if needed next season.

Read the entire article by Ian Browne and Alden Gonzalez at Boston.RedSox.MLB.com.