St Pedros Day 7/26/15 v Tigers

[mvp 78]

For the vast majority of Pedro's time in Boston, I lived within walking distance of Fenway. I got ton of cheap tickets on gamedays and saw many great games. Back in the late 90's/early 00's, it was a different feeling around town on gameday if Pedro was pitching. No one ever captured Boston's heart like he did. He was the greatest pitcher I ever saw. He is a very interesting, brilliant and funny guy. I still remember game 5 of the 1999 ALDS like it was yesterday. 1999 will always mean the world to me. I graduated college, went to more Sox games than any other year, adopted the greatest dog ever and named him Pedro.

 

No matter how much this team sucks now, they can never take away those moments from me.

 

If there is any pride left, the Sox need to win today. Those old Sox teams would go on losing streaks, but Pedro could always be the stopper to turn things around. Let's win this one for the greatest living pitcher, Pedro.

 

A swig of Presidente, for the great Pedro Martinez!

[User Name]

I actually took one, my friend. Well said.

[a700hitter]

Nice thread. The only mistake you made is that he was not the greatest pitcher you ever saw. He is the greatest pitcher that anyone ever saw.

[d-money]

Maybe the highlight of the red sox season. I wish we had another pedro Martínez.

[Spudboy]

What MVP said about Pedro being brilliant is so true. The guy is wicked smart. I have never heard him sound stupid. I was always amazed at how strong and powerful Pedro was and for so long with what I see as a somewhat slight frame and build.

 

His brain and his ability to focus in on his pitches always seemed to make batters either intimidated or confused.

 

I've seen a bunch of extremely talented and "dominant" pitchers over the years including Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal , and Vida Blue.

 

Pedro was just the best. And I don't say that as a homer Sox fan.

 

 

GO SOX!!!!!!!1!1

[Thunder]

Let's make Dey-twah sellers!!!

 

I'll save my Pedro anecdote for Tuesday.

[a700hitter]

Pedro gave a special mention to Dan Duquette. Duke did pull off two of the greatest trades in Boston Red Sox history. Carl Pavano and Tony Armas Jr for Pedro. The other one being Heathcliffe Slocumb for Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe.

[Thunder]

There's a guy named Laurence Leavy, a.k.a. Marlins Man. When he's not at Marlins game with his season tickets, he's traveling across the country attending the biggest sports events. He became famous at last year's WS, when his bright orange Marlins jersey and Marlins visor, the same outfit he always wears, stuck out among the Royal Blue of KC fans. Since then, he's sat courtside at the NBA Finals, and Miami Heat games, rink side at Stanley Cup Finals games, and was there to see American Pharoah win the Triple Crown. But his main goal this season is to sit behind the plate at every single Sunday Night Baseball game. After being in LA last week, he was in DC on Monday, then in NYC for 4 days (2 Yankee games, 2 Mets games), and was supposed to be in Boston yesterday, but got held up. But he's here tonight.

[VA Sox Fan]

For the vast majority of Pedro's time in Boston, I lived within walking distance of Fenway. I got ton of cheap tickets on gamedays and saw many great games. Back in the late 90's/early 00's, it was a different feeling around town on gameday if Pedro was pitching. No one ever captured Boston's heart like he did. He was the greatest pitcher I ever saw. He is a very interesting, brilliant and funny guy. I still remember game 5 of the 1999 ALDS like it was yesterday. 1999 will always mean the world to me. I graduated college, went to more Sox games than any other year, adopted the greatest dog ever and named him Pedro.

 

No matter how much this team sucks now, they can never take away those moments from me.

 

If there is any pride left, the Sox need to win today. Those old Sox teams would go on losing streaks, but Pedro could always be the stopper to turn things around. Let's win this one for the greatest living pitcher, Pedro.

 

A swig of Presidente, for the great Pedro Martinez!

 

Awesome mvp!! Go Red Sox!!!!

[Northern Star]

They seriously need to stop with the Sunday night games, at least starting at 8pm on the east coast. The ESPN suits figure people in the east don't have jobs to go to Monday morning?

[Northern Star]

Pedro gave a special mention to Dan Duquette. Duke did pull off two of the greatest trades in Boston Red Sox history. Carl Pavano and Tony Armas Jr for Pedro. The other one being Heathcliffe Slocumb for Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe.

 

He should be arrested for grand larceny for those.

[Palodios]

They seriously need to stop with the Sunday night games, at least starting at 8pm on the east coast. The ESPN suits figure people in the east don't have jobs to go to Monday morning?

 

I used to completely agree, but no one wants to start watching games earlier than 5pm on the west coast.

[a700hitter]

I used to completely agree, but no one wants to start watching games earlier than 5pm on the west coast.

Earlier baseball is one of the reasons that I would like to live on the left coast. Where are you living in Settle and how do you like it? Tell us about it. There is little interesting about the red Sox these days.

[VA Sox Fan]

They seriously need to stop with the Sunday night games, at least starting at 8pm on the east coast. The ESPN suits figure people in the east don't have jobs to go to Monday morning?

 

ESPN only cares about ESPN and the NFL. f*** THEM!!!

[wyo-sox]

ESPN only cares about ESPN and the NFL. f*** THEM!!!

 

Not true, they are suddenly very fond of Dominicans thanks to Cowherd, lol.

[User Name]

They seriously need to stop with the Sunday night games, at least starting at 8pm on the east coast. The ESPN suits figure people in the east don't have jobs to go to Monday morning?

 

Is there anything that doesn't f***ing bother you bruh?

[User Name]

Not true, they are suddenly very fond of Dominicans thanks to Cowherd, lol.

 

That was a big deal here. Lots of DR student organizations localized in colleges across the US whined incessantly about it.

[wyo-sox]

C'mon Holt. You can't get hurt.

[Thunder]

That was a big deal here. Lots of DR student organizations localized in colleges across the US whined incessantly about it.

 

And then a few days later, Pedro gets into the Hall, only 2nd Dominican ever. You guys must have been partying today.

[waltr]

Pedro was great. But the greatest pitcher you ever saw? C'mon. You must not have seen too many pitchers. Gibsin, Koufax, Clemens, Ryan, and many others ahead of him

[wyo-sox]

See the story Pittsburgh interested in Victorino and Napolitano?

[User Name]

Pedro was great. But the greatest pitcher you ever saw? C'mon. You must not have seen too many pitchers. Gibsin, Koufax, Clemens, Ryan, and many others ahead of him

 

Pedro was better than Clemens, even while Clemens juiced. The rest of the guys didn't pitch at the height of the steroid era.

[User Name]

And then a few days later, Pedro gets into the Hall, only 2nd Dominican ever. You guys must have been partying today.

 

It's father's day here today. We're partying here either ways.

[Youk Of The Nation]

It's sad that it took a comment about Dominicans to get Cowherd fired. He should have been fired years ago on the basis that he f***ing sucks, as both a sports radio host and a human being.

[Station 13]

This s*** playing style is why they're last.

[waltr]

They pitched when pitchers went 9 (nine) innings. They pitched 300 + innings. They didn't hide behind a DH, and Pedro was clopse but no cigar in a race with Clemens

[waltr]

Whjat a world. Make a comment that upsets somebody and you lose your job. Not a Cowherd fan, but this PC bull, goody goody, make nice crap has gone way too far

[waltr]

If you don't like what the guy says then DON"T F------G Listen. There is a litle button on your device that says OFF

[Youk Of The Nation]

Whjat a world. Make a comment that upsets somebody and you lose your job. Not a Cowherd fan, but this PC bull, goody goody, make nice crap has gone way too far

 

OMG yeah, totally, you make one racially insensitive comment on a national news radio show, and the for-profit business that employs you lets you go in order to avoid losing advertisers, viewers, and profit! What a friggin' world.

 

You can argue all day about what constitutes racism versus what is just "insensitivity", but what it comes down to is that any business has a right to fire someone as long as it is not for a discriminatory reason (race, gender, sexual identity, nationality, et cetera). Whether we like it or not, in this time everything that celebrities do or say is recorded. Hell, most of what you and I say is recorded in some way. We all know the kinds of assholish things that you can look like an ******* for saying. Racist comments, sexist comments, rape apologist speeches, admitting that you watched and enjoyed Little Nicky, and I'm sorry, but if you speak like Cowherd spoke and your job fired you rather than lose business to the bad PR, I have no sympathy for you whatsoever.

[waltr]

Lose business? Is anybody boycotting the recording industry for the language in today"s music?