The Impromptu Bostonian

Starting pitcher Pedro Martinez of the Philadelphia Phillies comes out of the game in the seventh inning against the New York Yankees in Game Two of the 2009 MLB World Series against at Yankee Stadium on October 29, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
(Getty Images / Chris McGrath)

Pedro Wants to Do It for Us Because He's One of Us

Pedro Before Game 6: 'I Am a Part of Boston'

Q. Would it amuse you to hear that every Red Sox fan is rooting for you to beat the Yankees?

PEDRO MARTINEZ: No, it wouldn't. It wouldn't surprise me at all. I know that they don't like the Yankees to win, not even in Nintendo games. (Laughter). And knowing that I am part of Boston, I consider myself a Bostonian, as well, too, I've been a Montrealer, a Bostonian, and now a New Yorker, and somehow I might become a Philadelphian now. But I've only been there for a short period. It's something that's a work in progress, and I'm pretty sure that every Boston fan out there can feel proud that I'm going to try to beat the Yankees, and I'm going to give just the same effort I always did for them. They're special fans, and they will always have my respect.

BDD - Mr. Punchy
(BDD Photo Illustration / Mr. Punchy)

Some Six Sense

BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons
(BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons)

Mazz: For Pedro, Present Is a Gift from the Past
Shaughnessy: A Night at the Theater
Callahan: Pedro Is No Goat
Buckley: Can't Take Our Eyes Off Pedro

BDD / Mike Valerio
(BDD Photo Illustration / Mike Valerio )

Who's Your Editor?

New York Post
(11.4.09, New York Post back cover)
BDD is a feature of Boston.com. The site is not produced by the Boston Globe sports dept.

Boston Globe:

27th in a Series > Even here, NY fans true to their stripes > Pedro goes out in a clang > Big four wins again > 2009 postseason: Rise of Yankees, fall of umpires > Everything in NY will be Girardi's for the asking > McCourts headed back to court

Boston Herald:

No magic ending for valiant Pedro Martinez > Theo Epstein can’t just wait ’til next year > Matsui in glory > Yankees end drought by finishing Phillies > Yankees come up big when it counts

ProJo:

Philadelphia writer names his goat, it’s Pedro > Matsui, Series MVP, brings Japan to its feet > A-Rod’s embarrassing season ends in triumph > Why did the Phillies lose, they can count the ways > Yankees win one for The Boss; he’s ‘teary eyed’

New York Post:

Matsui, Pettitte carry Yankees to Series title > Title shared by fathers & sons > Crown was a long time coming for A-Rod > Core wins one for the thumb > Embattled Girardi gets last laugh > Matsui mania
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