J.D. Drew Is Still Quoting 'Dodgeball'

We all remember Dodgeball, that stupid-but-funny Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn vehicle from a couple years back. As is the case with virtually every Stiller or Vaughn or Will Ferrell flick, everyone quoted it for, oh, about two months, and then let the lines die the quiet death they deserved.

Everyone except J.D. Drew, that is:

When Drew came to the plate in the top of the fifth inning on what was supposed to be a lazy Saturday afternoon in Lakeland, he quickly got the feeling that Tigers reliever Todd Jones viewed him as a human dartboard. Drew wasn't having any of it.
Jones fired three too-close-for-comfort offerings -- the last of which was behind Drew's back. Drew came away from it all without so much as a bruise. Jones was ejected from the game.

"It's one of those things where you've got to be ready," said Drew. "I was just trying to take it like dodgeball. If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball, I guess. I got out of the way, I guess.

"I was bobbing and weaving. I told [Josh] Beckett not to worry about it. Next time, they're going to have to try to get a guy who's a little slower in the batter's box. I was fleet of foot in there. After the second one came in, I was kind of curious what was going on."

It is true, I suppose: if you can dodge a wrench, you can probably dodge a ball. That said, has Drew ever been forced to dodge a wrench? How would he know the rule applied to him, then? Maybe I'm taking this too literally ...

Anyway, be encouraged, Red Sox fans. Drew - injury-prone, $55 million free agent signing - is good at avoiding headhunters. Even if his taste in movies is three or four years behind the national curve, you can at least take solace in that.