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The Legend of Pedro Martinez
Let's get one thing straight people. Pedro Martinez is going to pitch inside. He's going to pitch inside outside of the strike zone. If any part of your body is in the way it may get hit. Tuesday's game was one of the most bizarre in recent memory. We arrived at the dome in plenty of time and hit our seats in the Diamond Club Box. Before first pitch I got a chat going with a gent in the private boxes who said he was a personal friend of Carl Everett. We discussed the state of major league baseball in Florida, and the lack of support thereof. As we left him I told Cuj 'big game from Everett tonight'. He ends up with a double, a triple, two homers and six RBIs.
It gets ugly. Daubach is the third Red Sox in the pile, and dives in to fight. Tampa's Hernandez jerks him out, and then shoves him from behind. Dauber apparently broke baseball etiquette. They intentionally throw at him the rest of the night. I imagine Pedro at the bottom of the pile getting his arm snapped off at the elbow.
It's another small crowd tonight, with the majority of the fans behind Pedro and the Sox. This has to go up the D'Rays asses. Martinez toys with them, fools them, controls them. A group of guys from Mass are hanging the Ks a few rows behind us, thirteen get hung.
Everyone should learn to pitch inside. Baseball would be better off for it.
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In the middle of the first I also said 'Pedro's going to drill the first batter'. It turns out that I'm right again, and after Gerald Williams thinks about it, he charges Martinez. Word to the MLB players: nobody, I repeat nobody, touches Pedro.
Daubach and Merloni leave the game later and go to the hospital. Lou with a slight concussion, Brian with an injured arm.
Everytime Pedro pitches I feel a no hitter. By the fourth inning I start to discuss it pointing out to those leery of such things that there aren't any curses in baseball. After eight my palms start to sweat. Flaherty singles to lead off the ninth and the greatest pitcher of my generation winds up with a one hit two over the minimum masterpiece.
