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
I'm still making a lot of pitches for the amount of innings I'm pitching. When I'm on, I don't need that many pitches. When things start to go wrong, I don't feel that confident about my pitches. They're coming around, but I'm not there yet. So all of the credit goes to my teammates and how well they have done behind me.
I just need to regain my command. I was concerned at first that I was not going to be able to go with the team and be healthy.
I want to feel secure personally. Have a competitive team out there -- I really want to win; I hate losing -- and, I guess, I want to be treated like a normal person.
I love my teammates, and I'll do anything for them.
I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.
None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring training, are in the playoffs right now.
At 2-0 I wanted to throw a strike, I wanted to get him. It was a cutter. But Mike didn't waste any time and he does really well against me in his career.
At my Mom's house on the farm, it get's so dark, you look at the stars and and you feel like you can just reach out and grab them. I love her so much and I love this place so much, it hurts. I stay here because I need to find myself again after playing in the States. Here it's me talking. It's my soul talking.
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.
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.
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.
That ball just got away. That pitch wasn't really that far in. He leaned over (the plate).
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.