Yankees Gain Custody

I Heart Yankeewannabees

"It actually (Yankee fan taunting) made me feel really, really good... why are you laughing when I haven't finished answering the question yet?... I actually realized that I was somebody important, because I caught the attention of 60,000 people ... plus the whole world watching a guy that if you reverse the time back 15 years ago, I was sitting under a mango tree without 50 cents to actually pay for a bus. And today, I was the center of attention of the whole city of New York, I thank God for that... I respect them (Yankees fans). I don't regret anything. I kind of liked it. I don't like to brag, or talk about myself, but they did make me feel important. I've seen a lot of people about this team, I feel so thankful I got their attention, and they got mine. I was really emotional, sometimes we don't realize who we really are and for me to be out the biggest stage in the world, at this moment only God can ask. I had the opportunity to show everybody that. My daddy brought me from the mango tree to the biggest stage in the world at the moment." -- Pedro "I Heart New York" Martinez

Pedro Makes His Free Agent Pitch to the Bronx

"He did everything but sing along with Sinatra after the game." - Gerry Callahan, Boston Herald

Did Martinez Hoodwink Nation with His Original 'Daddy' Comment?

"I can't do anything if we don't score runs." -- Pedro Marteamez

"If we score one, I can't give up any." -- Curt Schilling circa May 2004

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LieberAce

Olerud Awakening,
3-1 Yankees, Lead Series 2-0

Papa Jon Delivers, Idiots are Dumbed Down

(Globe Photo / Barry Chin)

Red Sox announce 2004 season theme #37 "THE INVISIBLE MEN"
...t-shirts at the printer.

It's Father's Day in the Bronx

(AP Photo)

Crowd Lets Pedro Have It but Pete Loves the NYC Spotlight.