Putting the X in Exxon Valdez

At Scoring Position, we're certainly not strangers to investigating which of your favorite baseball players are secretly or not-so-secretly straight edge. So of course it got my attention when—during last night's game against the Nationals—I noticed that second-baseman Wilson Valdez had drawn unmistakable X's onto his batting gloves.

Unfortunately, googling "is Wilson Valdez straight edge?" just leads you back to this blog. Which leaves me wondering: could the Philadelphia Phillies have a straight edge kid in their midst? Could Philadelphia—home of Kenzinger and Ben "Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy" Franklin and Philly Beer Week, where you can buy a 20-ounce cup of lager for $2.35 at McGlinchey's or this t-shirt—also be home to a replacement Chase Utley who doesn't even drink? I want to know the truth: is Wilson Valdez straight edge? Or is he just putting the X's in his way-too-perfect nickname, Exxon Valdez?

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