nymag.com - 11/19/2008
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Remember when Pedro Martinez was to be the savior of the Mets? Now the Mets don t even want him back. Pedro s contract, signed in 2004, is off the books, and while he claims he wants to come back, the Mets don t seem to have room for him in the rotation. Partly this is because he has been ...
bizofbaseball.com - 11/17/2008
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bizofbaseball.com —
Is this name safe on the new Mets
stadium? Just over two years ago, the New York
Mets announced that they had reached an agreement with Citigroup for the naming rights to their new ballpark slated to open in 2009 for a record $400 million over 20 years, or $20 million annually. The ...
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Citi Field Name Safe, According to Mets
bizofbaseball.com - 11/22/2008
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bizofbaseball.com —
Despite losing half its value in three days
this week, and announcing massive layoffs, Citigroup remains committed
to the most lucrative naming rights deal in history with the New York Mets. As The Biz of Baseball first reported on Monday, a spokesman for the New York Mets said that the agreement is
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Amidst Near Collapse, Cititgroup Confirms Retaining ...
nydailynews.com - 11/18/2008
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nydailynews.com —
Pedro Martinez's agent told the Daily News Monday
his client would "like to stay in New York"
and added that while the Mets are Martinez's top choice, they are only one of many possible suitors for the 37-year-old pitcher.
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Pedro trying to extend Met life
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Did Pedro's Arrival Signal Doom for the Mets?
New York Mets Fan Blog —
While we continue to wait and see whether the Mets will sign or trade for the closer of their dreams, Will Leitch of New York Magazine ponders over the legacy of Pedro Martinez as a Met . While demonstrating from a statistical standpoint that Pedro's tenure with the Mets was a failure, Leitch also argues that Martinez's arrival in Flushing may have set back the team as well: But conventional wisdom still says that the trade was crucial because it "legitimized" the Mets, making the team seem more serious and attractive to free agents. Here's a more logical theory: The reason ...
Will Leitch On That Huge Waste Of Money, Pedro Martinez
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... is a slightly depressing proposition ; it’s unlikely the talismanic pitcher will return to Flushing, his dominant performances in ‘05 and the first half of ‘06 being a very distant memory compared to the past couple of injury plagued campaigns. “Four years wasn’t too much to give Pedro. Two, it seems, was pushing it” scolds NY Magazine’s self-proclaimed lifelong Cardinals fans Will Leitch. ...
Fact Checking is a Pain
The Big Lead —
... Dear Sir: We (royal) are proud of you (royal) for your legit journalism job at New York Magazine. We just wanted to remind you to do a bit of research to assist your noodle now and again. Pedro Martinez signed with the Mets as a free-agent in 2004. The Mets traded for Luis Castillo, Johan Santana and Carlos Delgado. As you well know, snarky parents’ basement punks tend to notice these oversights. ( ...
Pedro Exposed (NY Magazine)
The Mets Police —
Always great to see more people jumping on the Pedro Exposed bandwagon. Pedro ran out on Boston the second the Sox won their first World Series in a long long time, and carpetbagged his way to the Mets to become the face of the franchise and some curious marketing decisions made by the GM.
I can't believe I missed this one but New York Magazine jumped on the Pedro Bash. Ecerpts below and the full thing here.
It's hard to argue that the signing was successful in pure baseball terms: Martinez was great through 2005 and the ...
David Wright is Not Porking Erin Andrews and Other Developments
It's Mets For Me: Off-Beat, Tangentially Relevant Mets Ruminations —
... Poor, out-of-his-weight-class Will Leitch's "analysis" of the Pedro Martinez era is drawing much notice around the innertubes, mostly for its comically unforced inaccuracies. Though I have been a critic of the Petey signing (mostly in easy, hindsight mode I admit), this "effort" mostly just proves the enduring wisdom of the proverb provided by the late FJM, that in modern sports writing, " ...
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mlbtraderumors.com 12/7/2008 — According to Christian Red of the New York Daily News , Pedro Martinez plans on playing again next year.
"I do want to play," Martinez told the Daily News.
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Mets Want Pedro Back
hotfootblog.com 12/9/2008 — The Mets are looking to resign Pedro Martinez. “We have interest in him. We’re going to talk to his agent when we have the opportunity,” Mets GM Omar Minaya said Tuesday.
Pedro’s Future
fangraphs.com 11/19/2008 — Reports recently circulated that Pedro Martinez definitely plans on pitching in 2009, if not longer than that. Having just turned 37 years old, he certainly would not be the oldest pitcher in the major leagues next season; however, based on his ...
Multiple Teams Interested In Pedro
hotfootblog.com 11/17/2008 — “I think the Mets are a possibility. They know him better than most,” said Pedro Martinez‘ agent Fern Cuza while speaking to SI.com about Pedro’s chances of returning to the Mets next season.
Coco Crisp Traded to Kansas City Royals —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/19/2008
At the rate I am going right now, you'd think I was a Red Sox fan.
But according to MLB.com, the Boston Red Sox made some noise on the trade front today by dealing outfielder Coco Crisp to the Kansas City Royals for relief pitcher Ramon Ramirez.
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Globe: Sox Offer to Teixeira Will Make History —
Nationals Journal 11/19/2008
The Boston Globe's Tony Massarotti has this to say about the Red Sox and Mark Teixeira: Here's a prediction: By the time this is over, win or lose, the Red Sox effectively will have made Mark Teixeira the largest contract offer in the history of your ...
