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06-06-2003, 11:41 AM
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
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Pedro Martinez = a Sharpton/Jackson Clone?
PITTSBURGH -- Pedro Martinez swore up a pro-Sammy Sosa, anti-ESPN storm Thursday in the clubhouse.
Upset at two days of "Outside the Lines" coverage that he said portrayed the Chicago Cubs slugger as a cheater, Martinez wants the network to dedicate equal time to exonerating his Dominican countryman after X-rays revealed that no other Sosa bats contained cork. "I want to see two nights in a row on 'Outside the Lines' say close to 100 bats were checked and nothing was found," the Boston Red Sox ace told the Hartford Courant. "I want to see something positive go on now." Martinez said if Mark McGwire got caught using a corked bat, "it would still be a big deal but not like this." "We may be Latin, a minority, but we're not dumb," Martinez told the Courant. Martinez's bitter litany continued. For one thing, he is still unhappy about losing the 1999 American League MVP when two writers left him off their ballots because he is a pitcher. "They should have had it on 'Outside the Lines' -- Why Pedro got robbed," he told the Courant. Losing the AL Cy Young Award last season to Oakland's Barry Zito also still stings. "Last year, the first one standing up against me because he wanted a new face in baseball was [ESPN's] Peter Gammons," Martinez told the Courant. "[He was] standing up and saying, 'No, I'm going with Zito because we need a new face in baseball. We're tired of seeing the same Pedro on the team, the same face as Pedro all the time. We need a fresh face, a guy that plays guitar, is cute, a white Caucasian. We don't want the Latin [expletive] to be in front of the TV all the time.' "They campaigned against me for the Cy Young. It's the same [expletive] they're doing with Sammy." That's not how Gammons remembers it. "First, I never said anything like that," Gammons told the Courant. "I took several statistical categories and said that between [Derek] Lowe, Zito and Pedro it was too close to call. I did say that if this were a Most Valuable Pitcher, Zito would win because of his record against potential postseason teams, quality starts, number of starts on four days rest and total number of starts, but that it was so close that I refused to call one until the season was over. He misquoted and misrepresented every aspect of the comments about Zito. "I did say that I thought Zito would win because he was a new face." Thursday, Martinez's face was all frowns.
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06-06-2003, 11:44 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Wacko. Big time wacko.
It is funny though how some people here perceive that ESPN is giving nothing but favorable coverage to Sosa, while others think it has all been negative. My feeling is that it's been fairly even handed. Dibble and a couple of the other Baseball Tonight guy ripped Sosa hard. Reynolds and Valentine took it easy on him. TroyF |
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06-06-2003, 11:49 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Manchester, CT
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Pedro finds something to bitch about every season.
Much like all Red Sox fans. 
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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06-06-2003, 11:59 AM
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assmaster
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bloomington, IN
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I will eat you like a Gummi Bear if you say that again, Marmel.
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06-06-2003, 12:00 PM
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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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And I suppose Pedro's selective memory is forgetting how Sammie Sosa stole the MVP?
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06-06-2003, 12:01 PM
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Lethargic Hooligan
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing
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Quote:
What kind?
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06-06-2003, 12:04 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Somebody needs to figure out what Pedro's been smokin' before he talks to the media. Looks like whatever it is must be some good shit.
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06-06-2003, 12:10 PM
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Stadium Announcer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Burke, VA
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please shut your mouth, Pedro.
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06-06-2003, 12:10 PM
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College Benchwarmer
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I'll never enjoy gummy bears again.
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06-06-2003, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Manchester, CT
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That sounds kinky. Do you like chocolate covered gummy bears?
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81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions." |
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06-06-2003, 12:25 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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Apparently, Pedro needs to talk to Vlade "Now American Girls Like My Face?" Divac about getting a new razor.
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06-06-2003, 01:02 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Mesa, AZ
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Surprise, Pedro's still an asshole.
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06-06-2003, 01:14 PM
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assmaster
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bloomington, IN
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Quote:
The green ones. Quote:
No. Fortunately for me, you are not covered in chocolate. |
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06-06-2003, 01:14 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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That's Cantamaņanas, to you. |
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06-06-2003, 01:15 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Another idiot with a media forum...at least he is not an actor.
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06-06-2003, 02:08 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Conyers GA
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Yeah Jose Canseco has already been at it as well, claiming racism is why Sammy is getting such a hard time.
Damn, with all these idiots crying "racist" all the time, it makes it about impossible to actually listen when there is a real case of discrimination. |
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06-06-2003, 02:11 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Seems like fastballs are not the only things Pedro can throw...
Too bad he doesn't have the same control when speaking...
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06-06-2003, 05:44 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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I thought that ESPN was doing a good job of remaining neutral.
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06-06-2003, 07:09 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Exton, PA
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Yeah, ESPN seems to be pretty neutral (surprising) about this topic. Thats because they have Bobby V and Harold on there shooting straight.
The thing that I don't get is why he's ripping Gammons who's the biggest Media Sox Fanboy there is. |
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06-06-2003, 07:11 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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Don't you guys know? Whenever someone doesn't go the way a minority wants it to, or anytime a minority is caught doing something wrong, it's all racially motivated. America is full of ignorant white caucasian males who are all sexists and racists...
 Some people really need to grow the fuck up. |
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