would you recognize a pro athlete?

There have been some interesting pro athlete sightings outside of the ballpark recently.  

During spring training games, many players see action in a baseball game.  This gives the manager the opportunity to grade up to 30 players per game.  However, if you are a star, you may only play a couple innings, and then you're done for the day.  So what to do?  

On Saturday, Red Sox star 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia played a few innings and came out of the game.  What he did next was interesting. 

“I was hungry,” Pedroia said. “The Red Sox have no food.”

When a staffer offered to get him something, Pedroia said: “I don’t need any help. I’m a grown athlete."

Pedroia simply showered up and changed into his everyday clothes.  He went to the concession stand and purchased three hot dogs for himself.  He went largely unnoticed.

This is a slightly different situation than Chicago White Sox catcher AJ Pierzynski found himself in days earlier.  Pierzynski has a penchant for acting like a big kid, so it was no surprise that he was pulled over for speeding while trying to get to his spring training game on time.  The officer knew he was a baseball player because Pierzynski was already wearing his uniform. 

AJ Pierzynski, always in uniform