And by that I mean: he's not human. Just three starts after a injury and rehab that would have ended most pitchers' careers, Pedro Martinez is very nearly back to mid-season form. In six innings today against the Phillies, Martinez struck out nine, walked none, and yielded but one run. The Mets bullpen blew the game late, of course, but that's not the story. Pedro is.
For anyone that watched or followed the game (or even played baseball video games from time to time) over the past oh, decade or so realizes just how good Pedro was in that time. In his best season, in 2000, his WHIP was .74 (!!) He had a streak of ten straight games with more than ten strikeouts (!!!!!!). He was, quite possibly, the best pitcher of all-time for five seasons, seasons plopped smack dab in the middle of the steroid era. He was very, very good at baseball.
So it's good to see him back, and -- like Greg Maddux before him -- getting by guile instead of raw power. It's a different Pedro, but an equally entertaining one.
Also, he still has goofy hair. That always helps.
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9-16-2007 @ 1:51AM
claytor said...
I remember a magazine ad for an old baseball game, six or seven years ago.
It depicted a bunch of graves dug, with crosses made of bats topped with batting helmets.
The caption read "Sooner or later, Pedro comes for us all."
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9-16-2007 @ 2:36AM
George B Vieto said...
Pedro Martinez life story should be called "Somebody Up There Likes Me."
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9-16-2007 @ 3:20AM
Roger G said...
Great pitcher lets hope some day he gets the recognition he deserves.
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9-16-2007 @ 7:08AM
CrazyDaddy.net said...
He is not human
- Phill's bats cant be contained though and a little surprised to see them as 1.65 under dogs today Sunday the 16th.
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9-16-2007 @ 10:32AM
steve bresset said...
If each game was only 6 innings long Pedro would in 300.......
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9-17-2007 @ 10:41AM
LEW said...
THE METS ARE A BUNCH OF DO NOTHINGS, LOOK LISTLESS GAGINST PHILLS. WHAT A JOKE. BUNCH OF BUNGLING FOOLS. 6 ERRORS. THEY LOOK SCARED OUT OF THERE WITS AGAINST PHILLS. THE BULL PEN IS A WASTE . A BUNCH OF HAS BEEN DISCARDS . HEILMAN STINKS, SOSA SELE MOTA SHOENWEISS RELEASED FROM CINATTI. METS SIGN HIM FOR 3 YEARS. HOW STUPID. THEY ARE A BUNCH OF FAILURES. A DISGRACE TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. IM A FAN BUT FED UP WITH RANDOLPH STUPID MOVES.
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