Pedro Martinez Appreciation Thread

by **drsmooth** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 20:25:19

most pitchers will tell you they could have gone another batter, another inning, whatever

on to the next game

by **mcare89** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 20:38:53

TheDude24 wrote:This article has some great Pedro quotes:

In one corner of the visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium, Pedro Martinez meticulously packed his toiletries into a Versace Dopp kit that he had placed onto to his lap. Sheepishly, Dominican Phillies rookie Antonio Bastardo approached Martinez who had been recounting -- with teammates, reporters, clubhouse attendants -- his seven shutout innings Friday against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS, a game he said likely would remain in his fondest memories for the rest of his life.

"Pedro," Bastardo quietly said. "It was an honor watching you pitch today."

Martinez grinned.

"Tomorrow," Martinez told Bastardo, "you and I will go into the outfield during batting practice and we will talk. I have a few things to teach you."

That's awesome.

by **Bucky** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 22:41:31

the dominican jamie moyer

by **cartersDad26** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 22:53:06

reading those quotes - i feel like such a total ass for ever doubting him.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 23:10:30

Bucky wrote:the dominican jamie moyer

Bite your tongue! Dennis Martinez might have been the Nicaraguan Jamie Moyer - or, more accurately, Jamie Moyer might have been the American Dennis Martinez - but Pedro is John Lennon to Jamie Moyer's Pete Best.

by **smitty** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 14:53:08

mozartpc27 wrote:
Bucky wrote:the dominican jamie moyer

Bite your tongue! Dennis Martinez might have been the Nicaraguan Jamie Moyer - or, more accurately, Jamie Moyer might have been the American Dennis Martinez - but Pedro is John Lennon to Jamie Moyer's Pete Best.

I disagree. If Martinez is John Lennon. then Moyer is at least David Bowie or someone. Maybe the lead singer guy from Oingo Boingo. But he's better than Pete Best.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 15:01:55

smitty wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:
Bucky wrote:the dominican jamie moyer

Bite your tongue! Dennis Martinez might have been the Nicaraguan Jamie Moyer - or, more accurately, Jamie Moyer might have been the American Dennis Martinez - but Pedro is John Lennon to Jamie Moyer's Pete Best.

I disagree. If Martinez is John Lennon. then Moyer is at least David Bowie or someone. Maybe the lead singer guy from Oingo Boingo. But he's better than Pete Best.

I'd say Moyer is Rod Stewart. Better than Pete Best, sure, but sometimes kind of embarrassing. His work with the Faces was like last year's winning the WFC.

by **BigEd76** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 14:31:22

Marshall Harris tried to interview him in the locker room last night and Pedro poured champagne on him instead...

by **VFB** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 18:04:46

VFB wrote:something tells me we havent seen the last of pedro

by **HillMD** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 01:52:59

Happy belated birthday to Pedro! He turned 38 Sunday.

by **jerseyhoya** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 01:53:54

I can't wait for him to win game three to put us up 2-1

Like I'm already excited for how excited I'll be then

by **Stay_Disappointed** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 09:12:19

smitty wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:
Bucky wrote:the dominican jamie moyer

Bite your tongue! Dennis Martinez might have been the Nicaraguan Jamie Moyer - or, more accurately, Jamie Moyer might have been the American Dennis Martinez - but Pedro is John Lennon to Jamie Moyer's Pete Best.

I disagree. If Martinez is John Lennon. then Moyer is at least David Bowie or someone. Maybe the lead singer guy from Oingo Boingo. But he's better than Pete Best.

Wait a minute, are you putting Danny Elfman and David Bowie in the same class?

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:50:59

Warszawa wrote:
smitty wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:
Bucky wrote:the dominican jamie moyer

Bite your tongue! Dennis Martinez might have been the Nicaraguan Jamie Moyer - or, more accurately, Jamie Moyer might have been the American Dennis Martinez - but Pedro is John Lennon to Jamie Moyer's Pete Best.

I disagree. If Martinez is John Lennon. then Moyer is at least David Bowie or someone. Maybe the lead singer guy from Oingo Boingo. But he's better than Pete Best.

Wait a minute, are you putting Danny Elfman and David Bowie in the same class?

Hey yeah... that's ridiculous. And also, David Bowie is better than half of the Beatles (I'll leave you all to decide which half). Jamie Moyer ain't no David Bowie.

by **slugsrbad** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:17:48

mozartpc27 wrote:
Warszawa wrote:
smitty wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:
Bucky wrote:the dominican jamie moyer

Bite your tongue! Dennis Martinez might have been the Nicaraguan Jamie Moyer - or, more accurately, Jamie Moyer might have been the American Dennis Martinez - but Pedro is John Lennon to Jamie Moyer's Pete Best.

I disagree. If Martinez is John Lennon. then Moyer is at least David Bowie or someone. Maybe the lead singer guy from Oingo Boingo. But he's better than Pete Best.

Wait a minute, are you putting Danny Elfman and David Bowie in the same class?

Hey yeah... that's ridiculous. And also, David Bowie is better than half of the Beatles (I'll leave you all to decide which half). Jamie Moyer ain't no David Bowie.

He ain't no Freddie Mercury.

by **smitty** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 15:04:05

Warszawa wrote:
smitty wrote:
mozartpc27 wrote:
Bucky wrote:the dominican jamie moyer

Bite your tongue! Dennis Martinez might have been the Nicaraguan Jamie Moyer - or, more accurately, Jamie Moyer might have been the American Dennis Martinez - but Pedro is John Lennon to Jamie Moyer's Pete Best.

I disagree. If Martinez is John Lennon. then Moyer is at least David Bowie or someone. Maybe the lead singer guy from Oingo Boingo. But he's better than Pete Best.

Wait a minute, are you putting Danny Elfman and David Bowie in the same class?

Well since my comment was mostly a joke I don't think so. But Danny Elfman to David Bowie is a range more than a comparison between the two. And Elfman did some pretty cool things with Oingo Boingo and he wrote the Simpson theme song and he won a Grammy and was nominated for Oscars and he did some work for Tim Burton so he is not chopped liver.

Both Bowie and Elfman have been around a long time and have accomplished a lot of stuff. Both are better than Pete Best.

John Lennon is a legend and one of the best ever as is Martinez. Bowie and Elfman represent a range of guys who have been around a long time and have accomplished a great deal. If there is a way to compare baseball players and pop stars (as the Brits would call them), then I think Moyer is pretty comfortably in a range between Elfman and Bowie somewhere.

Moyer has won 20 games a few times and he has 258 career wins and he has been a contributor to a championship team and has been around a long time and has been pretty good for many of them. He's somewhere between Elfman and Bowie.

Not a bad comparison for a joke really in my view.

:wink:

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 15:05:46

FWIW, a bunch of my friends catered at Liberty Two last Wednesday after the game and said Pedro was far and away the coolest player

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 15:08:16

Houshphandzadeh wrote:FWIW, a bunch of my friends catered at Liberty Two last Wednesday after the game and said Pedro was far and away the coolest player

I, for one, totally believe it.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 15:12:31

I could post pics but you guys don't care about my friends

Other stories include:

Chooch switched to perfect English when he was hitting on a bartender

Lidge talked to a friend of mine for a while about putting pepperoni on everything

Brett Myers and another friend had this exchange when he tried to offer him an appetizer, some kind of asiago cheese thing:
"What the fuck is that?"
"Just try it."
"Fuck you, you try it."
"Sorry, sir."

by **Woody** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 15:17:10

Wouldn't it be hilarious if Chooch was actually from Georgia or something

by **stevemc** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 15:20:29

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I could post pics but you guys don't care about my friends

Other stories include:

Chooch switched to perfect English when he was hitting on a bartender

Lidge talked to a friend of mine for a while about putting pepperoni on everything

Brett Myers and another friend had this exchange when he tried to offer him an appetizer, some kind of asiago cheese thing:
"What the $#@! is that?"
"Just try it."
"$#@! you, you try it."
"Sorry, sir."

Chooch's GF was bombed at Game 4 sitting with Mrs. Utley. I'm sure she wouldn't be happy to hear of Chooch's flirting.

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