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• Red Sox 2B Pedroia wins AL MVP (AP)

  The next time someone doubts him, Dustin Pedroia will have a pretty good answer. He can just hold up his AL MVP award. Told forever that he was too little to play with the big leaguers, Pedroia added to his ever-expanding trophy case Tuesday. The Boston second baseman with the meaty swing easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau, Red Sox teammate Kevin Youkilis and record-setting closer...

  
  
• Dempster, Cubs agree to 4 years, $52M (AP)

  Ryan Dempster made the successful switch from closer to starter this season, winning 17 games and helping the Chicago Cubs compile the best record in the National League. Once the postseason rolled around, though, Dempster's spring training prediction that the Cubs would win the World Series fell way short when Chicago was swept in the first round for the second consecutive year.

  
  
• Griffey newest US Public Diplomacy Envoy (AP)
  Ken Griffey Jr. has joined a new team. The star outfielder became the newest American Public Diplomacy Envoy, introduced Tuesday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Griffey is set to make his first baseball-related trip for the State Department to Panama in January. In his role, he'll represent the "values of the United States, not the government of the United States," Rice said.