Maybe it's a defacto position, but it appears longtime Sox second baseman has had enough David Price-Dennis Eckersley talk and stepped up to tell all he's the leader of the team.

It all happened on a whacky Friday that saw Price go to the disabled list with elbow problems and the swirling controversy about the Prize-Eck story.

So Pedroia talked before last night's game..

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