No! No! No!
I don’t want freaking Pedro. Enough!
A sampling of comments from the above linked articles:
And if anyone’s still holding a grudge over Zimmer, well, get over it. Zimmer was a hothead boiling over from perceived slights from Steinbrenner and itching to fight. Zimmer charged like a wild bull, and Martinez did what anyone would do; he played matador.
A bit complementary toward Mr. Martinez, aren’t we? I’m no bull fighting expert, but I don’t think he pulls the bull by the horns and flips him over, does he?
If anyone thinks Martinez is too self-centered, let’s not forget the Yankees welcomed Brown. They have Gary Sheffield, too, so let’s please get past the idea the Yankees are all milk and cookies.
They generally are, as far as I am concerned. I don’t remember Sheffield or Brown doing as much as Pedro has done and more importantly, doing what he did to the Yankees and as related to the Yankees. This fake show of respect for the Yankees that he has put on has sickened me - I’m not buying it! Pedro seems good now, when he’s about to get a deal. We’ll see how great he is when he is in the middle of the deal.
They didn’t want Curt Schilling because he’s too loud and disruptive, and we see how that’s working out.
Huh? I’ve never heard that. What I did hear was that the Diamondbacks basically demanded Alfonso Soriano (A-Rod) and Nick Johnson (Javier Vazquez) for Schilling. Translated to English that means: we are not dealing him to you.
Dave Roberts said Martinez turned around the Red Sox season with one pitch.
“When he threw the pitch up and in to Hideki Matsui at home in Game 5,” the outfielder explained. “Hideki was having his way with our pitching staff until that point and you hear so much about Pedro Martinez the Intimidator. Just to take the initiative, to make a statement when we were down 1-3 like that was something special.
Oh yeah… BIG MAN that Pedro. Great initiative. Anyone can throw a baseball at a guy. Besides, if it had hit Matsui, The Masked Man would have walked with Matsui, baiting him to fight.
Quick Quiz: How many Yankee pitchers stood up for their teammates against Boston? How many pitches were thrown up and in after Matsui was spun like a top?
And… we want them to? Look, hitting people is a part of the game. Not a part I like. The Red Sox do it more than the Yankees, especially when we’re talking head to head. I know a Red Sox fan and I was talking about how the Red Sox hit more Yankees than Yankees hit Red Sox and the first thing he came up with was the Clemens to Manny pitch that was, what, over the plate, but high? It was pitiful. Do I want to see the Yankees sink to that level? No.
So, in conclusion… I look good in red. And so does Pedro.
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