Pedro Martinez doesn't want to go into the Hall of Fame as a Phillie
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Pedro Martinez doesn't want to go into the Hall of Fame as a Phillie
David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
There's a decent interview with Pedro Martinez in today's New York Times.
You can get the whole thing here, but to sum it up: He doesn't consider himself retired, he could sign a contract today and pitch in a month, and he is open to pitching this season. Obviously, the Phillies have no need for him, and probably don't have much of an ability to pay him.
But the Times did ask Martinez an interesting question: If the Yankees, Red Sox and Phillies each offered you a contract, which would you pick?
"I’d probably have to say the Red Sox," Martinez said. "I would like to win a World Series in the National League, so the Phillies are in there, too. But for the time I’m going to be playing, I think Boston is more suitable so that I can retire with the Boston Red Sox and go to the Hall of Fame with the same hat."
So you can cancel the Cooperstown hotel reservations you made for five years from now.
Martinez does, however, pick the Phillies to win the World Series.
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Sounds like we have another Brett Favre on our hands....but the only way he gets to be in Philly this year is to buy a ticket and watch. Looks like the Sox are wayyyyyyy more desparate than we are for pitching. Now if Cole's elbow blows out, Blanton gets food poisoning that lastst a whole season, Kendrick loses his ability to stand up and the Lehigh team gets kidnapped......then maybe just maybe we would have a need for Pedro.— Mark1npt- Bravo, Mark1npt. Pedro is thinking of that Phillies team with no pitching where he would actually be needed. Face it, Pedro.... we gave you a job when no other team would give you the time of day. The point is Pedro is over the hill; he filled a void that is no longer there.
— PhillyfaninFL - What a ridiculous column. Martinez is a Red Sox who played for the Phillies briefly. But, to think he'd enter the hall as anything other than a Red Sox is laughable.— veritas1325
- Exactly. The title, if this needed to be written at all, should be Pedro will enter HOF as a Red Sox if inducted. — Mastiff
- Pedro overall pitched decent for the Phils. He was needed, he answered the bell, he even pitched decent in the playoffs. People keep saying that he had a bad world series, but the numbers don't bear that out.
On the other hand, the idea that he might enter the HOF as a Philly is silly.
Its kinda like Pete Rose. Assuming he gets in some day, he'll go in as Cincinnati Red, not a Philly.— fmMD - It's sad for some of these guys. They desperately want to hold on to the glory days. He had a great career, hang up the spikes and go out with your head held high, don't go out like Carlton did. Mike Schmidt won the MVP award in 86, and retired a year later. He didn't announce it with fan fair and hoopla, he didn't have a ridiculous fair well tour like cal Ripken. In the middle of a road trip he realized I'm no longer the player I was and I'm not going to be remembered as a has been. That was class, all these guys should learn from that!— Jtmcgk
- CorrectIon on what I said. He retired in May of 89 so it was 2 full seasons after he won the MVP. But still the right thing to do..how many remember watching super Steve pitching in those ugly white sox uniforms and getting rocked!— Jtmcgk
- Pedro did great for the Phillies in 2009. I'd take him over KK or most of everyone else's 4th & 5th starters for half a season.— jtj06
- Well Of Course Pedro would go into the Hall as a Red Sock-
I would expect nothing less -
He won the World Series with the Sox
and was the heart of their team for years -
he was with the Phillies for a cup of coffee -
it would be like Joe Morgan going into the Hall as a Phillie - ridiculous -
It was fun having Pedro, and Joe, for the time we did though.— phillydude - Why does everyone give this guy a free pass to the HOF? Yes he has awards, 3 Cy Youngs but 215 wins isn't alot compared to the other 300 game winners. Is Jamie Moyer worthy,he has more wins? To me you have to do more than dominate a decade. I know many will not agree. It is the HOF, not the I played well for a decade club. I would say the same thing about Jim Rice. The HOF deserves greatness not almost greatness.— a2000xl
pedro is not a phillie so it makes sense. he did an ok job for us but we needed a little more . kk should never be a starter again. go phillies !!!- The assumption is the hall of fame. Is he a first ballot lock, no.— agreen11
- Slow news day?— HO HUM
- Um, no kidding. Dude, played with the Phils for like 5 min. He won a ring and had a stretch as one of the most dominating pitchers in MLB history with the Red Sox. So, obviously, he goes into Cooperstown with a Red Sox hat. Title of this post is pretty silly IMO.— PhilsRGreat
- I think he should go in with an Expos cap. At least no one would imitate him. Too many Phillie hats are going to be cluttering up that place 20 years from now.— Butch
