nypost.com - 5/23/2008
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ATLANTA - Pedro Martinez apparently isn't so eager to retire, after all. Shooting down a story in the Daily News, the Mets' three-time Cy Young winner told ESPN's Spanish-language Web site yesterday that he has no plans to call it quits after this...
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Baseball Today: Friday, May 23
Projo Sox Blog —
... to Los Angeles (mlb.com) . . . The Nationals will be without Austin Kearns fopr about a month (Washington Post) . . . Josh Hamilton's amazing season continued as he led the Rangers past the Twins, and Texas is trying to sign him to a long-term contract (Both stories Dallas Morning News) . . . The Angels shot down rumors that Chone Figgins is headed to the White Sox. (Los Angeles Times)
OLD FRIENDS: Pedro Martinez denied reports that he's considering retirement (New York Post) . . . Eric Gagne has rotator-cuff ...
Pedro Martinez: I Haven't Considered Retirement After This Season
FanHouse —
... Mets, NL EastPedro Martinez, speaking earlier this week about the toll his father's brain cancer is having on his psyche. "That'll probably drag me away from the game a little sooner than people expect. After this season, I'm going to go back home and think about it and I'm going to decide." Pedro Martinez, in the Dominican Republic where he's tending to his father, speaking to ESPNdeportes.com, via the New York Post, on Thursday. "I feel great physically, and for the record, I ...
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Pedro Martinez has toss time —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 5/23/2008
Yes, the Mets wanted Pedro Martinez to join them in Atlanta to throw a bullpen session as he readies to return from the disabled list. But when word came that his ailing father had suffered a medical setback, Martinez had to come to the Dominican ...
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