Pedro Martinez
Pedro Martinez
Pedro Jaime Martínez,, is a Dominican–American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five teams from 1992 to 2009, most notably the Boston Red Sox. From 2002 to 2006 he held the major league record for the highest career winning percentage by a pitcher with at least 200 decisions; with a final record of 219 wins and 100 losses, he retired with the fourth highest percentage in history, and the highest by a right-hander since the modern...
NationalityDominican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 October 1971
CitySanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
CountryDominica
We're facing a good team, a smart team, ... Right now, they're on top of their game and we're not.
I wasn't playing mind games with anybody, I just said what I said. I am responsible for it, but I wish everybody would fall asleep for that one and let me go out there and do my thing.
Baseball is a game of the soul.
Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.
Roger is probably the biggest freak I have ever seen in terms of how he keeps himself in shape. I can't imagine pitching like that at his age.
We want him to pitch as much as possible.
I felt good. I felt a little stiff, but that was expected. After I threw a few pitches and I let it go, everything went back to normal.
I feel the toe a little bit now but I prefer to do it like that and get used to doing it the way I normally do it and see what the results are going to be.
I don't go out there expecting no-hitters or anything like that. I go out there trying to make things happen, actually expecting them to hit the ball, but where I want, not precisely where they want to. That's what happened today, and I was lucky enough to be flirting with a no-hitter.
What can I say--just tip my hat and call the Yankees my daddy. I can't find a way to beat them at this point.
Please write that they were really, really nice - extremely nice - at Immigration. The court where they swore you in, the people were beautiful.
I would get some that say 'I am not fan' and they were probably a Yankee fan and there would be some mean letters. It was a little disappointing.
There's no need for me to do that, or for anybody to do that. Nothing happened. I'm just going to go about my business and keep my cool, like always.
Oh believe me, I was fully aware and I tried as hard as I could,