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Breaking News: Pedro Will Be Badmouthing the Boston Red Sox Somewhere on the Planet Today.
2004:
Pedro Makes His Free Agent Pitch to the Bronx
"He did everything but sing
along with Sinatra after the game."
-
Gerry Callahan, Boston Herald
Did
Martinez Hoodwink Nation with His Original 'Daddy' Comment?
"I can't do anything if we
don't score runs." -- Pedro Marteamez
"If we score
one, I can't give up any." -- Curt Schilling circa May 2004
"I've got to think a few Sox players were privately seething at Pedro for
giving the
Yankee crowd fresh fodder with which to taunt them." – Gordon Edes chat Post
Game 1
"It actually
took the pressure off (starting Game 2), watching Schilling go out there... I
appreciate that." -- Pedro Martinez
Pedro May Take Lucky Charmer
on the Road
"...And his
entourage has taken on Fellini-esque proportions -- his guests over the weekend
was a 29-inch Dominican performer. I'm told that Pedro plans to take him on the
road, too, as a good-luck charm. I'll find out this week if that's the case."--
Gordon Edes mailbag on boston.com
"I just tip my hat and call the
Yankees my daddy. I can't find a way to beat them at this point. You just have
to give them credit and say, 'Hey, you guys beat me, not my team.' I wish they
would [expletive] disappear and never come back. "--
Former Ace Pedro "Sonny" Martinez
Who should be the Game One
starter in the playoffs?
"I don't know how people are
going to have the guts to come and tell me they're going to push me back. But if
they did it, I wouldn't argue. I'm only an employee here that does his job."
-- Pedro Martinez
Stearns Tries to Outfox
Schilling
9.23.04: Fox
25's Butch Stearns (BS) was back calling into WEEI's Big Show today. Butch
started yapping about how he doesn't "make stuff up!" and said "I have a tape of
several players saying what I said yesterday" which he will play on the FOX-25
News. He said this is a story because "it will affect whether or not Pedro
re-signs in Boston." Butch is angry with people at WEEI (read: Dennis, Callahan,
Meter) today and said they questioned his credibility. He said he received
threatening messages at FOX-25 and added "If you're gonna call my line at least
have the balls to leave a name and number!"
Curt Gets Stern with Butch
AP Photo
"Because you don't see us
playing grab-ass on the field doesn't mean a thing."
-- Curt Schilling
9.23.04: Fox
25's Butch Stearns (BS) was on WEEI's Big Show today. Butch started yapping
about how he had some information that the relationship was not great between
Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez adding "How do you think Pedro feels when he
sees Schilling pitch a game like last night?" and "go look at the tapes (of past
games) you never see Schilling and Pedro embrace after a win." (oops, see above
from July)
"Next we have Curt in the car up next here on the Big Show (sans Ordway again
when Curt calls, must kill him, Pete Sheppard, Steve Burton and Butch Stearns)"
Schilling: "How you doin' guys... (hey we got Schilling! How ya' doin' Curt?),
hey listen I'm not going to be long but I'm gonna say one thing, I don't know
who it was that just said something regarding Pedro and I... (that was Butch
Stearns -- that was me Curt) Don't be stupid enough to think you can make
something out of nothing. That's how dumb idiotic rumors get started by those
who don't know the game. I have (well we're glad you calle...) I HAVE nothing
but the utmost respect for Pedro. I think he's probably one of the best pitchers
I've ever pitched with. He's a great guy. We get along awesome. Because you
don't see us playing grab-ass on the field doesn't mean a thing. Don't say
something stupid and something ignorant like that. (BS: Alright Curt, I
understand, and I'll apologize for that, but can I ask you a question?) No.
Here's my problem. If I don't call up you don't apologize for it, you don't
retract it, and somebody calls and you make it a bigger deal than it is (BS: I'm
not trying to make it...) It's a stupid idiotic comment to make. It's
irresponsible. And you know what it's ignorant, because you don't know,
obviously you just made it up (BS: I didn't make anything up) Sure you did. Sure
you did. I've hugged Pedro on the field this year, after we've won a game,
that's a stupid thing to say... isn't there some other controversy you can go
to? Because you had some valid points, but don't make up stupid stuff."
BS: "Alright fair enough Curt. Can I ask you a question? (CS: shoo) What do you
care to offer us about your relationship with Pedro? That's all."
CS: "But... how... I love him. Pedro's an awesome guy. And he's arguably one of
the best pitchers I've ever pitched with. He's a fantastic human being."
BS: "Do you feel like you guys have pushed each other in a good way, for the
good of the team?"
CS: "I don't know if we push each other, I've learned a ton from watching the
guy pitch this year. A ton. (BS: Same or different than relationship with Randy
as players?) No it's different because RJ and I lived right down the street from
each other. We both have four kids. Our wives are very close. So there's a lot
of different... it was different. As teammates and as friends, Pedro has my
utmost respect and he's a guy I'd kill for, absolutely."
Steve Burton: "Hey Curt, in all fairness to Butch, I'm the one who brought up
the subject and what I said was 'how do you think... Pedro's used to being the
ace of the staff. Here you come in..."
CS: "No, no you didn't preface it with that, you just said 'how do you think
Pedro feels when Schilling pitches well?'"
SB: "Right, and I think that's a fair question. I think..."
CS: "Wait, wait, wait, why is that a fair question? Because in that situation
you'd be jealous? (SB: what's that?) Given a similar situation, you'd have
problems with it?"
SB: "I think some people would, yes. I think that's a very fair question."
CS: "You're assuming Pedro is 'some people.' Pedro is not 'some people' Pedro's
one of the five best people on the planet at what he does. People like that tick
differently than people like you. You have to. The top five in the world at
anything they do and they're going to be so vastly different people than you
are, or that most normal people are. Yeah, they're human. They have emotions,
but you know what? You get here doing things differently than most people do. I
gotta go guys, I just wanted to make sure that people understood that that's not
a top subject."
SB, BS, PS: "Curt? Curt? I think he had to go..."
"I did not make it up
(report of Pedro and Curt having problems). I know who my sources are, and you
know what? So do you. If you want to continue this conversation, I'll be at the
park all weekend long."
-- Butch Stearns, later on FOX-25 News
7.21.04
Pedro Gets Shelled
(he asked for it, literally)
Who is Miguel Tejada?: Well-rested Martinez
is all smiles and giggles after loss, tips hat to O's, says he took one for the
team.
7.16.04
"Why do I have to pitch against the Yankees all the
time?" -- Pedro Martinez
6.30.04
Pedro Caught Clowning Around on YES While His Team is Taking
a Vicious Beating in the Bronx
"I'm
watching YES....I actually do not mind Jim Kaat... he was talking about Pedro
clowning around with the fans in the middle of an ass whooping... he said that
most managers would not allow that.. he said it is one thing to be loose, but it
looks like you don't care about the team." - Scott Cooper, SoSH
Yankee fan emails us: "WTF is Pedro doing?
Joking with the fans, flashing his tetas at them, smiling with an 11-3 deficit?
Some leadership."
6.1.04:
"God wants
me to beat the elements."
- Pedro on NESN whining about having to
pitch in some drizzle this year
5.5.04
Pedro,
Pedro, Pedro
Where's
Pedro? "Pedro
Martinez did not take part in the pregame stretch. He wasn't even at the park
when the players headed onto the field at 5:05 p.m." - Heuschkel, Hartford
Courant
Teammate
questions his stuff.
"More than one person from
management and at least one person in uniform questioned his stuff... That
Martinez would speak about the closing of the talks, even in the midst of a
wonderful winning streak by the Red Sox, should shock no one. Since last winter,
he has maintained that he would enter free agency if he did not have a long-term
deal by the start of the regular season. Did anyone think that the media would
not remember this and ask him about it?" - Silverman, Boston Herald
How
about his comments a month ago Michael? "When my agent has a deal for me to sign, he'll tell me.
Otherwise, I'm not worrying about it... And that's business, and that's why we
pay agents and a nice 5% to just yap, yap with the owners and the GMs. So we're
gonna let them take care of that and we'll take care of business in the field."
- Pedro Martinez on not talking or worrying about his next contract
Boston.com Paydro poll.
"If you were the Red Sox, would
you give Pedro Martinez a multiyear deal worth at least $15 million a year if
insurance companies refuse to offer disability coverage for him?"
No way :
84.4%
Yes, his talent is worth the risk: 15.6%
Cutting
room floor. "Most
involved the Sox players interacting in the clubhouse or elsewhere off the
field, though one took place during the climactic playoff game, when a fan made
an uncharitable remark about Pedro Martinez. Doyle dropped the (Red Sox Movie)
scene not because Lucchino objected to it but because he thought it played
against the fan's true nature, "and that bothered me," he says (So New
Yorkers know our "true nature" now, puhleeze).
- Joseph Kahn, Boston Globe
And in case
you don't know the drill by now... "Martinez, dismayed by the backlash against
him after he cut off contract talks, does not plan to speak publicly again this
season to the Boston media. He kept a promise to a number of reporters to share
his feelings about the negotiations once they ended, and he felt blindsided by
the reaction." - Bob Hohler, Boston Globe
5.2.04:
"He misfired with his fastball in a lot of instances,''
manager Terry Francona said. ``It just never allowed him to get in any kind of
rhythm. Pretty obvious, it was a battle for him right form the get-go. He wasn't
hitting his target.''
Francona said Martinez just had an off night, and that it
was not related to the pitcher's decision to have no more talks during the
season with the Red Sox about a new contract.
"I'm just
really sad for the fans in New England who had high hopes that at this time I
could say, truly, that I was going to stay in Boston, but now they're going to
have to compete with the rest of the league. It's not going to be (a
distraction) because I'm not going to allow it. It's over with and I'm just
going to continue to play baseball like I would normally do. I was just wasting
time, having something else on my mind. So now I get rid of one and concentrate
on baseball and that's it. It's just business... I don't know - I'm going to
have to wait and see, I gave them every single chance I could. That's from the
bottom of my heart. The fans in Boston, I know they don't understand what's
going on, but I really mean it from my heart - I gave them every opportunity,
every discount I could give them to actually stay in Boston and they never took
advantage of it. Didn't even give me an offer. They never gave me one number,
never gave me anything. They said, `We're going to try with the insurance
company, we're going to try whatever. Mr. Henry said he was going to talk to the
insurance companies and stuff like that, and I waited longer, one more month
after the season began. But no, sorry, didn't work out to this point and we're
going to see what we can do next year.''
- Boston Herald, 5.1.04
"This is
spot on and why some fans, unlike most here, are sick and tired of this "clown"
opening his big trap time and time again. He talks to the media when its
convenient to him. "Hey don't you dare ask me about my velocity being down, but
wait til I have a couple of good starts and I'll bash management for not showing
me the money". It grows tiresome and old and takes the focus off what has been a
most encouraging start to the season. That said, the Sox have him over a barrel
and he now has no choice but to prove to the baseball world that he's worth the
millions he wants. A good situation for the Sox for sure."
- Rocco Graziosa, longtime member, SoSH
---
"We've been talking to him for
some time, we have a lot of respect for Pedro and we're going to show that
respect by showing some respectful silence here." - Larry Lucchino
We respect
our players. We tell our players the truth. We listen to our players. We protect
our players. We negotiate with our players in good faith, and we make every
effort not to discuss these negotiations in public. We want our players to
succeed, and we do everything we can to help them win.
Sometimes,
however, our commitment to building winning teams, every year, means that we
will have disagreements with our players about the length and precise value of
their next contracts. These disagreements are unfortunate but they are
inevitable. They will be resolved in time. In the meantime, we continue to focus
on our most important mission: winning." - Statement from Red Sox Sr. Vice
President/General Manager Theo Epstein 05/01/2004 4:13 PM ET
Why
the New Panic Petey?
"Unlike a year ago when he
regularly and publicly pushed the Red Sox to exercise the 2004 option on his
contract -- they did so a week into the season, seven months before they were
required to do so -- he has said little about his uncertain future this spring.
"To be perfectly honest, it
doesn't matter to me," he said yesterday of his status
After sending signals in a
press conference last fall that he understood he would have to accept a
reduction in salary in a new deal, he has been reluctant to address the issue
specifically this spring.
"When my agent has a deal for
me to sign, he'll tell me," he said. "Otherwise, I'm not worrying about it."
- Pedro was Mr. Cool Breeze on March 23rd.
4.25.04:
"We have a lot
of respect for that team (Yankees). They're struggling right now. We're just
playing good baseball. That's all. They beat us that other time, in Game 7.
Well, that's fine. We respect them for that, too. But it's too early. It was a
normal routine, normal for me, normal things from the fans. I don't have
anything against them. I respect it." -
Pedro Martinez, 4.25.04
4.04.04:
Tito Takes a Bullet on Taxigate
Sox brass
Werner, Lucchino, Epstein miffed about Ace's early exit.
"I would like our guys to stick around, but I haven't
conveyed that to the team necessarily good enough. and that's an oversight on my
part, just to tell players "hey this is how I feel... I didn't call him today
(to ask) about it because I didn't want to bother him on his day off... It was
probably my fault for not making that (rule) well-know during spring training."
- Francona, 4.5.04
4.04.04
Marteamez Takes Off Early
Pedro
didn't join yawning teammates on the bench to "rally" club,
in fact, he left the park before the game was over instead.
(So much
for lessons learned from the World Champion Patriots)
3.30.04:
Behind the
plate, a section full of scouts scratched their heads. Martinez had touched 90
mph on just a couple of fastballs. He delivered them from an arm slot noticeably
lower than the Pedro of old. "I could never give that guy a three-year
contract," said one scout. "He's got two years left in him. Tops."
- Stark: Sox, Jays go to head of AL East
Pete Greeted
Us with a Different Message
Agent was
going to yap, yap. He was going to focus on the field.
"And that's
business, and that's why we pay agents and a nice 5% to just yap, yap with the
owners and the GMs. So we're gonna let them take care of that and we'll take
care of business in the field."
2.24.04 - On going into the
season without a contract:
PM:
No that won't bother me, I'm
actually aware that it's not up to me to get a new contract, I'm just gonna go
and compete like I have to. Like a professional, for my year contract, that I
have and if they don't want to sign me, that's fine, I'm pretty sure I'll
probably get a job with somebody else. But if they do, I'll be more than happy
to stay here.
There are no talks, none. And
I'm not expecting it, I'm not looking forward to it. I'm just expecting to work
this year and actually let them make the move. The ball is in their court.
I've always said that I would
like to actually retire with the Boston hat, but if it's not that way, it's not
going to be that way, there's nothing I can do.
I'm not really thinking about
anybody else, I'm actually thinking about myself and working the way I have to.
I can't really help the fact that they wanted to sign Schilling, and I'm really
happy for Schill, he deserves it, he's a workhorse. And he'll give us a lot of
help. I don't really have anything against it. God puts it in the way for
whoever he belongs to and if it doesn't belong to me, it doesn't belong to me, I
don't belong to Boston anymore, it's up to Boston. They know what they're doing.
They're managing this team so they should know what they're doing.
This is my sixth year in Boston
and I'm just looking forward to work my year and we'll see what happens
afterwards. That doesn't mean that they're not going to try to sign me after the
season or whatever. I don't know what they're gonna do actually, I'm just here
to work and earn my money.
The way I look at my teammates
and the way I've seen them work today for the first day, I think they're
determined to take a chance at winning. I think they're determined to just work
and not really worry about the outside problems. And that's business, and that's
why we pay agents and a nice 5% to just yap, yap with the owners and the GMs. So
we're gonna let them take care of that and we'll take care of business in the
field.
I don't know (about it being
wise to test the market if he's healthy and has a good year), I've never been in
that position. I'll try to see what it's like, I'll try to see what it's like
and you know what? I'll give Boston probably an opportunity to sign me if the
season is over and they want to talk about it because I would love to finish in
Boston, but if it doesn't work out, believe me I'm gonna just go to the market
and see what happens, but I'm not looking forward to making it a big deal. I'm
pretty sure somebody will give me an offer to be in one team. And that's what I
want, I want a job.
Pedro's 2004 arrival press conference
2.23.04:
"I'm just gonna go and compete like I have to. Like a professional,
for my year contract, that I have and if they don't want to sign me, that's
fine, I'm pretty sure I'll probably get a job with somebody else. But if they
do, I'll be more than happy to stay here."
- Pedro Martinez
On he and Schilling to push each other to higher levels:
No. I don't expect
anybody to push me. I expect to be healthy and push myself. I don't need anybody
to push me. I would like to help him and I would like him help me when I need
him, if I need any advice or something he can pick up, but I don't think I need
an extra push.
2003:
Curt on Pedro
(and WEEI)
12.1.03: CS: “He sounded as
excited as I am about this, um, we talked a little bit about this next season,
and uh the next couple of years and I made sure that he understood that his
future in Boston was very important to me during this whole process.
I think it's important that you
understand one thing, you don't... I'll tell you right now I have a huge ego
with a ball in my hand. And that's one of the reasons why Pedro is as good as he
is. You don't get to be a three-time Cy Young award winner, one of the most
dominating pitchers in the history of the game, without feeling pretty good
about yourself.
Pedro's a fantastic guy, I've
known Pedro a long time, never in depth, and not to the extent that I'm going to
get to know him, but the fact of the matter is, I think we're both as excited as
each other to see what happens here. Pedro is the number one man on this staff
and people tried to make that into a story before it was even a done deal and
it's not. I didn't have a problem being behind RJ, who's got his share of Cy
Young awards, and I'm not going to be... you know my goal now is to go out and
try to take the Cy Young from Pedro... or Derek... or Tim, or whoever that ends
up being this year.
You get on the staff and you
compete with each other in a friendly way. I want to pitch better than Pedro,
but not because he pitches badly, but because he throws a gem and I throw a
better gem. That's the way you push each other, and that's how you raise the
bar. It's not about wanting to do better at someone's expense. And I made sure
Pedro understood that again, his being here beyond this year was very, very
important to me in all of this, as well as a couple of other guys on this team,
and the Red Sox front office made it clear to me that this is a team that's
gonna be put together to win it for the next four, five, six years and on.”
Pedro Sick of "Pedro"
(and WEEI)
2.27.04: Boston Herald, Gerry Callahan:
He said some people - he's not
sure who - accused him of faking an illness last season to avoid pitching
against the Yankees. He said that was bad, but this was worse. He said some
people on the radio were making fun of him while he was in a Boston hospital
last week caring for his sick, 5-year-old son. He said those people were
accusing him of showing up late to spring training this year for no good reason.
"And my
son's lying there in bed,'' he said. "How would you feel? The doctors were more
upset than I was. They heard about it and they wanted to write a letter, but I
said I didn't need that. I'm just tired of it. I'm tired of talking, I'm tired
of being the guy everybody comes to. I'm tired of everything.''
When he
says everything, he means it. Moments before he lashed back at his stealth
critics, Martinez was engulfed in Sox fans, signing autographs and smiling for
photographs for hundreds of giddy snowbirds for half an hour. At one point, the
crowd broke into a chant of "Ped-ro! Ped-ro!'' It was a nice gesture, but he
really doesn't want to hear it anymore.
"I'm tired
of my name,'' he said. "Hey, Pedro, Pedro, Pedro. That's all I hear. Pedro,
Pedro, Pedro. I want to change my name.''
- Pedro's the man
2003:
"There were groans about special treatment when
Martinez left the team a day early to head home to the Domincan Republic,
getting a head start on the All-Star break. Those groans resurfaced when
Martinez was given permission to go home between starts to light the flame for
the start of the Pan Am Games in early August." – Steve Krasner, Providence
Journal
Martinez Says He Told Grady He
Was Good for One More Batter But Little Left Him In Too Long
"I
told them I was tired after the 7th, and to get the lefty ready and Timlin, and
even Wakefield... of
course I said I could pitch to Matsui, any pitcher will say yes, but he hit me
(on the shoulder and went back to dugout) but after that moment, it was his
decision." - Pedro
But then he hedges with "if
Little took me out after the 7th, the question would have been 'Why did you take
him out?' He's not guilty. I was the one throwing the pitches. I couldn't
execute. I failed. Grady wasn't guilty and I wasn't guilty. I tried my best."
"I wasn't in good shape because of the travel... they told me not to run,
but I always run before my starts. I failed. You can say that it was destiny."
Martinez Talks Retirement
He wants to leave while he's young, doesn't want to be an old pitcher.
New Pedro Understands
Market Conditions
Summer love-in with with John Henry has paid off for Sox. "Red Sox sent a
message to the free agent market, not with any player (Manny)... I have to
understand that if I don't put up the same numbers that I did in '99 and 2000,
and from '97 on, I'll probably get a little bit of decrease in salary, but it's
still pretty good money in the market (ya think it's still "pretty good
money" Pedro, how will you survive on less than $17.5 million a year?)
Martinez Backtracks on Comments
Last Season
Says media misunderstood his contract demands.
Claims he didn't leave Saturday before break.
Friday, Nov. 7.
03
Pedro to Speak Out on Manny and His Own Future in Boston
Today
The silent starter and former Red Sox ace
will speak between 2:00-3:00pm from the Hotel Clarion in Santo Domingo. He is
expected to talk about his future in Boston and the decision to put Manny
Ramirez on waivers. It should be eventful.
10.13.03
Sean McAdam on Dale & Neumy on WEEI: "The Red Sox front office has privately
acknowledged that Pedro threw at Garcia…”
On Pedro: Let the
record show that it was Martinez who started all this... Whether you're a Red
Sox fan or Yankees fan, it's obvious that Martinez was throwing at Garcia.
Martinez' reputation has taken a solid hit in the aftermath of his pitch to
Garcia, and only a couple of World Series victories will save him from a winter
of criticism. – Steve Buckley, 10.13.03
Pedro is
the One at Fault
"Which one
would you rather have now, Sox fans? Roger Clemens -- who kept his composure and
behaved like a professional Saturday night, winning the game for his team
despite his obvious anger? Or Pedro, the baby who hits a guy after he blows a
lead, then points at his head and at Yankee catcher Jorge Posada, threatening
"you're next"?
Pedro said
a few words yesterday and claimed that gesture was actually him telling Posada
that he'll remember Posada's angry words. Sure. And he wasn't trying to hit
Karim Garcia. And those young women hang out with Donald Trump because they
really dig his hair.
Sox fans
don't like to hear this, but Pedro was an embarrassment and a disgrace to
baseball Saturday. He gets away with it because he's Pedro. And the Sox front
office enables him, just as they do Manny Ramirez. Just as they did with Roger
when he was here and Yaz when he was here and Ted when he was here." -
Dan Shaugnessy, Boston Globe
"Yankee players vilified Martinez. "Guys in their bullpen were telling
our guys that they can't stand it that when he starts getting beat. He throws at
guys and everyone else gets hurt," said one Yankees star. And there wasn't, as
the Boston Herald's Tony Massarotti pointed out, much support for Pedro in his
own clubhouse, save that he "kept us in the game."
-
Gammons on Game 3
9.4.03: Gammons: "Pedro and Manny aren't dancing in the same
conga line as the rest of the team... they had to sit Manny down and say 'you're
messing with our (playoff) money now.'"
9.2.03:
Part-Time
Prima Donnas in Trouble with Theo
Late Show Pedro
Pedro
did not arrive at Fenway until noon on Saturday before his 1:15pm start. Was not
in dugout today. Sox brass furious. Top to bottom.
8.31.03
Gammons: Martinez is No Longer a #1 Starter
ESPN's
Peter Gammons on WEEI's Baseball Show with Bob Neumeier, Sean McAdam, and Steve
Buckley
The Red
Sox starting pitching is OK, but there isn't anybody that goes out and pitches
eight innings and shuts the other team down, and they need a #1 starter, they
don't have one here. Lowe comes the closest, but he can be inconsistent, but
they don't have that guy who goes out and throws complete games and I think
that's what's really strained the bullpen and they don't have a Mussina, or a
Pettitte, they don't have people like that and that's what worried me most about
them trying to win.
Where's
the indication (that Pedro's a #1 starter)? Where's the 20 wins, and the 240
innings... he's a very good pitcher, but because of the injuries... he pitched
as well as he could yesterday, he threw one pitch above 88, but the innings are
not there, he's a very good pitcher, he pitches with a ton of heart, and a lot
of things have happened to him, but the record wouldn't really indicate that.
The last 17 starts against the Yankees, he's pitched very well, but the fact is
he's won three of those 17 starts, and they don't have that big huge guy that
throws all those innings. A number one starter in my mind is a guy that throws
well over 200 innings. If you gave Pedro that compliment, I think that's one of
the problems is that there's so much pressure on Pedro to be the guy who bails
them out at different times, I don't it's really fair to him. If you had a guy
who went out and threw 240 innings, and was out there every fifth day averaging
about 7-1/3 innings a start, I think it would make Pedro that much greater a
pitcher. He has to shoulder something right now that he really can't do.
(Why
can't he perform at that level at such a relatively young age?)
He doesn't let on much about
his shoulder, he endures a lot more than he'll ever let on. He's so proud and so
competitive, that he tries to do the mind over matter thing, he probably hasn't
recovered from that flu he had, so physically, I'll grant that yesterday, but I
think he's battled through an awful lot more than we know and he doesn't let on
about it, but it's very clear, the three times that he's pitched 8 innings, in
those three starts afterwards, he's 0-3 with a 10.79 ERA, tells you it's got to
be more difficult for him to bounce back than we ever imagined.
I don't
know in his mind what he thinks he should be getting. If he thinks he's going to
be getting $17.5M after next year, he's not going to be here. They're not going
to have Garciaparra, Ramirez, Martinez here after 2004, that's fairly well
guaranteed. It's just a matter of which guy they get signed and how they go
about doing it. As I said all along they'll go very hard after Nomar and try to
get him wrapped up during the off-season.
"Privately,
there are players in that clubhouse who have issues with Pedro off the field.
They aren't very happy with him."
- Sean McAdam
08.25.03
The Full Petey
(This is what he said, anything
else is BS)
"The media and fans can (expletive) my f***ing (expletive). I'll make my
$17.5 (million) next year and I'm outta here. They're criticizing me because I'm
black and Dominican."
(Yeah right. Umm, and shouldn't we go out to dinner
first Pete?)
"I can look myself in the mirror. I wasn't
eavesdropping. I asked the Pedro about the criticism he received while being
attacked by hosts and callers. I hope he isn't calling me a liar. I hope he just
had second thoughts about what he said."
- Jon Miller, WBZ radio
Sox Brass Sick of
P. Dirty. Take That to the Bank.
Going, Going, Gone
Pedro is All Done
in Boston
(He will not be resigned by the
Boston Red Sox. End of discussion.)
"You think I'm f***ing lying.
I'm only f***ing human. Can't I get sick? I'm not f***ing fine. Can you see I'm
not f***ing fine? I would have been in that f***ing game if I was fine.
(Conditions seem ripe for a
no-hitter today)
I'll make my $17.5 (million)
next year and I'm outta here.
(Don't kid yourself, he said
it, and then some. Period.)
"Already, some teammates silently seethe about the star treatment afforded
Martinez." - Sean McAdam
How Will Sox Spend
the Extra Dough?
8.21.03:
Pedro
MarTEAMez is Back, Blows Off Team Photo Again
Larry Lucchino:
"It's not too much to ask him to show up. Someone will talk to him, either the
manager, or the GM, or me. He has a history of this... in six years, he's made
two pictures. It's a little bit troublesome... the whole organization was there,
it would have been nice... they'll be some kind of disciplin
