jonahkeri.com - 10/31/2009
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When Pedro Martinez takes the mound to start tonight’s Game 2 of the World Series for the Phillies, Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and many other observers will probably take the narrow view. They’ll focus on Pedro’s history of baiting Yankee fans, of Yankee fans’ own chants of ...
fenwaywest.com - 11/4/2009
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fenwaywest.com —
Pedro Martinez gave you another reason to cheer
him on against the Yankees in Game Six of...
the World Series; he still loves Boston fans . Q. Would it amuse you to hear that every Red Sox fan is rooting for you to beat the Yankees? PEDRO MARTINEZ: No, it wouldn’t. It wouldn’t surprise me at ...
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Pedro Still Loves You
fenwaywest.com - 11/4/2009
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fenwaywest.com —
Hey there kids, Josh here, coming to you
from the other side of the country... kinda. I...
head up a fledgling blog over here in Georgia, Sox in Atlanta . Matt's been kind enough to ask me to write over here every so often, so I figured tonight's game was as good a topic as any. But enough ...
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From the New Guy
athbaseball.com - 11/3/2009
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athbaseball.com —
Do you know the story of Grover Cleveland
Alexander ? It's one of the best baseball stories...
ever told... and it's true. There are a few similarities between Grover Cleveland Alexander and Pedro Martinez you know. It's kind of like the Kennedy / Lincoln thing (well not exactly, but try to ...
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Pedro is looking to do his best Grover
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The Man Who Would Be King
The Futility Infielder —
... As you'd expect, there were plenty of good articles about Pedro Martinez to go around, both before and after the game. Jonah Keri had some great stuff about Pedro's days with the Expos. The Wall Street Journal's Matthew Futterman ...
Monday Mendozas
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... Hank Aaron Award. Clay Zavada has won a far, far more prestigious honor . * You know I'm not usually much for gossip and innuendo and whatnot. Still, no matter how many big hits he comes up with, you have to admit this is really, really funny . * I was going to save this until tomorrow (or Wednesday), but given the state of affairs in the World Series this morning, there's a pretty good chance that we won't see Pedro Martinez again in 2009. So, here you go . * Still, there's a tiny bit of good news for the Phillies: Melky ...
“The Pedro I know”
THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball —
... Jonah gives it to us. And, as far as I’m concerned, I call it a perfect game. I don’t like the idea that HIS TEAM has to score a run for PEDRO to get credit for a perfect game. And I know all about what a “game” is. No need to state the obvious. ...
Offday Reading: The Longest Day
pitchers & poets —
... covering World Series records both glorious and inglourious, Chase Utley’s hair, and the decline and fall of the triple.
Patrick Brown has put together an extended essay on baseball’s place in the sports media industrial landscape for The Millions . His ideas about baseball and the internet are both sweeping and a pleasure to read. (tip of the cap to Reeves W.)
Jonah Keri is at his best when writing about the Expos, including Pedro Martinez. ...
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fackyouk.blogspot.com 10/29/2009 — Let's be honest, a lot more of us than would be had the Yankees won last night. Even the people who aren't worried at least realize the possibility that Pedro could come up with a resplendent performance against the Yanks at a very inopportune time for them. Pedro has always been a bit of an ...
Schilling Piles on Pedro
bases.nbcsports.com 11/6/2009 — It's been five years since Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez were less-than-perfectly-friendly teammates, yet old bloody sock can't seem to let things go. After talking about how he didn't care all that much for Pedro's sense of humor and laid...
Pedro Martinez vs. Yankees: New Uniform, Same Enemy
sportsofboston.com 10/29/2009 — Look, I know it hurts. None of us wanted it to end like this. But, this is the way it is, the way it has to be. It’s over for us.
Those are the sentences I once wrote on my ex-girlfriend’s dry-erase board when she was away at work to inform her our relationship was over. Coincidentally, ...
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sportsthenandnow.com 10/16/2009 — Pedro Martinez is back on the main stage with the Philadelphia Phillies.
It is no secret among these parts of my love affair with Pedro Martinez. I can qualify that statement by the countless number of articles I have devoted to him in the past year on these very pages. I have been ...
It Was Vintage Pedro Out There Last Night
metsmerizedonline.com 10/17/2009 — Many were surprised by the spectacular performance put on by one-time Met Pedro Martinez. I wasn’t.
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duelingcouches.blogspot.com 11/3/2009 — Pedro Martinez, a.k.a. God's chosen vessel on Earth, the radiant one who shines his light on all of us, will get another chance to pitch on the biggest stage in baseball. The Phillies extended the World Series with their 8-6 win last night. Pedro will take the mound for them in Game 6. It'll be ...
How About a Pedro Return?
nybaseballdigest.com 10/30/2009 — We saw Pedro Martinez turn back the clock at Yankee Stadium last night. During my World Series preview show Phils beat reporter Scott Lauber talked about how surprised many have been about Pedro’s performance on the field and in the locker room. The Phillies are so pleased there is ...
Props for Pedro
mlbnotebook.com 10/31/2009 — I know he didn't get the win, instead coming away with a loss, but Pedro Martinez did his job last night. No denying it.
He went six innings, striking out eight while walking two. He gave up three earned, with two home runs allowed. If six innings and eight K's aren't ...
Phils go to Blanton, not Lee in Game 4 —
NY Post: Sports 10/31/2009
PHILADELPHIA -- The doubters screamed when Phillies manager Charlie Manuel named Pedro Martinez as his Game 2 starter. Now he's giving them more fodder.
Manuel has tabbed Joe Blanton as his World Series Game 4 starter instead of bringing back Game ...
Yankees' Pettitte defined by intense focus —
SI.com - MLB 10/31/2009
During the past few days, Pedro Martinez has spent a lot of time telling us -- usually rather amusingly -- about all of the things that Pedro Martinez is. He is the most influential player that has ever stepped in Yankee Stadium. He is the would-be ...
Shut up, for Pete's sake! —
NY Post: Sports 11/1/2009
* It was amazing to hear Pedro Martinez, during his World Series Game 2 postgame news conference, relating a story about a New York father holding his daughter with a beer in his hand yelling unkind words in Martinez's direction as he was headed to t...
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