Baseball Today: Wednesday, May 14
Projo Sox Blog —
... 'PEDRITO': The Reds' Edison Volquez idolizes Pedro Martinez. More importantly, says espn.com's Amy K. Nelson, he's pitching like him this year, too. ...
Volquez earning ‘Little Pedro’ nickname on the mound
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Volquez earning ‘Little Pedro’ nickname on the mound “He’s in love with Pedro,” said teammate Francisco Cordero. “He sees Pedro like he’s a god. He’s not trying to be like Pedro, and the good thing is he’s not trying to imitate him. He’s just trying to do his job.” So far this season, Volquez, 24, has been doing it better than nearly everyone else. Through Monday, Volquez is 5-1 and leading the National League in ERA (1.06) and tied for second in strikeouts (52). This is from a player who wasn’t even guaranteed a spot in the Reds’ rotation when he was traded by the Rangers ...
The Roundup: Barbaro’s Brother, Ready to Race
The Big Lead —
... landed Blake Lively … the NY anchor who dropped the F bomb Monday is now being called a boozehound … Can’t tell if these are new or old because Reggie Miller refuses to age, but the TNT analyst got his drink on with some ladies … stop asking us about the Romo/Simpson “breakup” because we’re not buying it …
They call him little Pedro, and damn we wish we had him on our fantasy baseball team. (ESPN)
Next panel up for Bob Costas: Horse racing! (USA Today)
Barbaro’s ...
A third Japanese pitcher for Sox next year?
Fire Brand of the American League —
... has his eye on either Boston or New York.) This is undoubtedly because of the recent success of the Red Sox and the integration of Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima, raising the profile of the Red Sox in Japan much like the profile of the team was raised in the Dominican Republic when Pedro pitched. The to-be 33 year old ...
