Pedro Martinez

As if the 2009 season couldn't get any worse for the Metropolitans, Pedro Martinez had to go and embarrass them on national television last night. While Tim Redding (who I can't stand) pitched his ass off for the Mets, their anemic offense couldn't help him out. The Phillies' famously potent lineup was held to just one run...

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He's in the top 20 all time in K's/9 and Opp. BA, but he's not as dominant as Koufax, Pedro Martinez or Randy Johnson in those categories. 

Gibson is also 26th in walks, showing longevity, and yet he's not in the top 30 in wins. Maybe not as successful as his reputation suggests. 

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Dear Readers (all five of you):

I've been active on my other blog at www.fannation.com, under the username JFro, but I continually forget to publish those posts here. That said, the next five posts should be considered my belated MLB preseason predictions -- a preview, of sorts. There's the top five infields, outfields, bullpens, and starting rotations, and of course The Big Kahuna:

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Sox Manager, Grady Little, elected to stay with starting pitcher Pedro Martinez instead of a fresh arm from the bullpen. Ready for the Curse …again? The Yankees rallied to tie the score and send the game to extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th inning Yankee Aaron Boone hit a solo homerun to win the game and send the Red Sox back to Boston empty handed yet again. The curse was becoming an unbearable reality year after year.

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urt Schilling (who came within one strike of a perfect game with Varitek behind the plate in 2007), Pedro Martinez have never been able to do in some the most illustrious and impressive pitching careers that Major League baseball has ever seen.  With Varitek behind the plate and calling the game, good pitchers become great, and great pitchers can become legendary.  This is not to say that the Red Sox Captain deserves all the credit for his pitchers' success, but it is undeniable that he has a huge impact on the game and the way his pitchers perform.

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n't sick the first time he returned to Fenway), neither cheered nor booed for Johnny Damon, cheered Pedro Martinez and stood to applaud Roger Clemens as we walked off the mound for what we all assumed would be his last appearance at Fenway Park.  The closest I ever came to booing a player is every time Kevin Millar came to bat once he began to play for the Baltimore Orioles (For the record, I think I almost booed him when he played with the Sox!  I couldn't stand him when he was with the Red Sox, and still can't stand him now).  I will boo some players:  Barry Bonds got an earful from me (along with 37,000 other fans) each time he came to bat when the Giants came to Boston.  But I have never been one to complain when players choose to play somewhere else.  If someone offered me a 30% raise to do the same job I do now in another city, I would jump at the chance.

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ent years alone such logic has claimed the Red Sox lives of fan favorites Trot Nixon, Johnny Damon, Pedro Martinez, Doug Mirabelli and Derek Lowe, any of whom would have been retained if sentiment and sentiment alone drove personnel decisions.

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Jon Garland ($12M)Jason Schmidt ($15.2M) Derek Lowe ($10M)Ben Sheets ($10.1M)Johan Santana ($16.9M)Pedro Martinez ($11.8M)Andy Pettitte ($16M)Mike Mussina ($11M)Carl Pavano ($11M)Matt Morris ($10M)Greg Maddux ($10M) Barry Zito ($14.5M)Chris Carpenter ($10.5M)Vincente Padilla ($11M)Kevin Millwood ($10.3M) AJ Burnett ($13.2M)Roy Halladay ($10M)

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Well, basketball is over and Major League Baseball is heading into the All Star break, which means that the real baseball season is about to begin.  I know, I am waaaaaaaaaaayyyyy overdue for this year's first rabid Red Sox post, but honestly I've been a little bit preoccupied with the WORLD CHAMPION BOSTON CELTICS and basketball in general (it has overtaken baseball as my favorite sport, though the Red Sox are and always will be my first love) to really dive into the first three meaningless months of the grueling and arduous MLB season.

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of potentially hitting 25 home runs each this season.

New York Mets

What will the Mets get from Pedro Martinez this year?

While Johan Santana gives them the legitimate number one starter they lacked last year and should easily be the most dominant starter in the Majors this season, he can still only take the ball once every 5 games.

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We are four and a half weeks away from first pitch of the new Major League Baseball and I have a lot to cover until Josh Beckett faces Joe Blanton in Japan.  This is the first of a seven part series of my MLB 2008 preview.  In the first six parts of the series I will discuss each division, break them down by team and give my predictions for the upcoming season.  The first division I will take a close look at in the NL East.  I see a tight three-team race here between the Mets, Phillies and Marlins.  Just kidding, of course the third team is the Braves.

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ky-bleeping-Dent in 1978 and in what I tend to think of as the 'turning point' season, Pedro Martinez tossing ex-Boston manager, 72-year-old Don Zimmer to the ground in 2003. It should be noted, in passing, that while the cries erupting from the Yankee camp sympathized with the 'poor old man' being abused by the young pitcher, by Zimmer's own admission, he had headed to the mound for the express purpose of attacking Martinez. Zimmer might have considered the adage about staying out of the kitchen if you can't stand the heat when he went out there.

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