Pedroia finished season with broken hand

Remember the leadoff home run Dustin Pedroia hit in Game 1 of the World Series? He hit it with a broken bone in his left hand.

According to a report by the Boston Herald, the second baseman admitted on Friday that he played the final two months of the season with a cracked hamate bone in his left hand.

He doesn't know when it occurred, but the injury was found during an MRI and bone scan on Sept. 10. He underwent surgery on Tuesday, is wearing a soft cast and can't use the hand until late November or early December.

"Some days I would wake up and it would be hard to grip a bat," Pedroia said. "I changed my grip a little bit on the bat and went from there. It was just one of those things you know you have to take care of after the season, but you have to play through. A lot of guys have done that. You definitely don't want to shut it down and have surgery during the whole thing. We just had to find a way to fight through it."

Source: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071111/SPORTS/711110396