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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really who cares i wouldn't go see this steroid fraud with ur money— the commodore- Given the abominable performances that Matsuzaka and Wakefield put on at Fenway yesterday, it may not be long before the Red Sox are calling up Pedro to see if his arm doesn't fall off when he throws the ball. There are probably high school pitchers out there who could do better than what the back end of the Sox rotation has done so far this year. I wonder if the Sox have a prospect or two they'd like to exchange for Joe Blanton.— Bretzky
- Really people. Do they have to post an actual picture of Murphy at the top of the page with his tongue sticking in his cheek for you to grasp the intention of the article?— Bretzky
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