December 9, 2012 – The statistics say Shane Victorino is the best baseball player ever from Hawaii. The clutch performances, the 2008 World Series title with the Philadelphia Phillies, the two National League All-Star selections and the three NL Gold Gloves are solid evidence as well. So, too, is the three-year, $39 million free-agent contract from the Boston Red Sox he agreed to on Tuesday – the most lucrative deal ever for an athlete from the 50th state.

Victorino himself is not so sure. The 1999 graduate of St. Anthony High School chuckles when asked the question.
 
“Coming from me personally, I will never say yes,” he said Thursday before taking part in a golf tournament that raised money for his charitable foundation. “I look at it this way: I always revert back to high school where people still tell me, ‘You still own the record for the 100 meters, non-wind-aided,’ and all those kind of things. I always tell people, my reply to them, is, ‘Records are meant to be broken.’

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