MVP, Golden Glove, Silver Slugger, big new contract, video game cover boy.

Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has been selected to grace the cover of the 2009 edition of MLB's The Show. Pedroia joins David Ortiz as the only current members of the Red Sox to be on the cover of a video game.

The game will be released this spring for PlayStation3, PlayStation2 and PlayStation Portable.

Pedroia told San Diego's Union-Tribune, “It's definitely an honor for me to be on there. There's been some unbelievable players who have been on the cover of this game.”

Here's their full recap of Pedroia's day at the video game studios.

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