Phillies - 010 000 000 - 1 6 0Pedro allowed two solo home runs through six innings -- Mark Teixeira leading off the fourth and Hideki Matsui with two outs in the sixth -- but then gave up two singles to start the seventh. One of them scored, giving Martinez a final line of 6-6-3-2-8, 107.
Yankees - 000 101 10x - 3 8 0
Pedro struck out three of the first four Yankees --and he fanned Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez twice each. He pitched extremely well, but the Phillies had no luck against Burnett (7-4-1-2-9, 108), who retired 11 of his last 12 batters. Burnett allowed only one Philadelphia runner past second base.
Mariano Rivera needed 39 pitches -- and a clutch double play with the go-ahead run at the plate in the eighth -- to get through the final two innings.
Pedro:I don't know if you realize this, but because of you guys [the media], in some ways, I might be at times the most influential player that ever stepped [on to the field] at Yankee Stadium. I can honestly say that. I have all the respect in the world for the way they enjoy being fans. Sometimes they might be giving you the middle finger ... I don't have any problem with that.Martinez also said the New York media has
used me and abused me since I've been coming to [Yankee] Stadium. I remember quotes in the paper, "Here comes the man that New York loves to hate." The man? None of you have ever eaten steak with me or rice and beans with me to understand what I'm all about as a man. You might say the player, the competitor, but the man? You guys have abused my name. You guys have said so many things and have written so many things.As far as any chants he might hear:
There was one time I remember when I was a free agent, there was talk that I might meet with Steinbrenner. One of your colleagues had me in the papers with horns and a tail, red horns and a tail. That's a sign of the devil. I'm a Christian man. I don't like those things. I take those things very serious. Those are the kind of things that the fans actually get used to seeing, and actually sometimes influence those people to believe that you are a bad person, that you are like an ogre.
Any time I hear that "Who's your daddy?" it really reminds me that God is my daddy. It gives me strength. ... When you have 60,000 people chanting your name, waiting for you to throw the ball, you have to consider yourself someone special, someone that really has a purpose out there.Pedro and the Red Sox defeated the Yankees in the 2004 ALCS and then won the World Series. That should have put the Daddy talk to rest forever.
After watching their team commit the worst choke job in the history of baseball, Yankee fans chanting "Who's your daddy?" makes as much sense as chanting "1918".
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Damon, LF
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Hairston, RF
Cabrera, CF
Molina, C
Peter Abraham, Globe: "Girardi shook it up, benching Swisher and using Hairston based on his past (and long ago) success against Pedro. Meanwhile, he is sitting Posada for personal catcher Jose Molina. If Burnett doesn't pitch well again and the Yankees aren't able to generate enough offense to win, Girardi is going to get roasted ..."
FWIW.
SoSH:
Jon Heyman was just on with Mike Francessa. He says the Red Sox "are going very hard and may be a lock" to get Roy Halladay this offseason. He said their offer was Buchholz, Hagadone, Bowden, and one other prospect. He then goes onto say that they will go at them with a lesser offer given the time left on Halladay's contract.
Someone else said he heard in the interview "and it didn't strike me as anything more than Heyman conjecture".
Hairston!
I'm not sure a non-Red Sox game can feel more like a Red Sox game this this one.
Shut these Nazi bastards down.
I am really looking forward to this, perhaps more than any other game Pedro has pitched in a non-Red Sox uniform - 2nd! 2nd behind the game he pitched against the Red Sox.
FOX hates Pedro. I hate FOX.
We're going to try Phillies radio tonight.
You should be okay with Phillies radio. Perhaps.
Yo, Cletus, time to spit the bit.
well, i won't mind if they are homers!
Let's do this.
wow - radio is a full 2 pitches behind tv. laughably late. ah well.
Bleh, that went too quickly.
That's an EPIC delay.
i want to see some inside pitches.
88 GAS
SIT
SIT
These wise yankees never get fooled on changeups. never.
Daddy this.
OTT
i'm feelin' dongish with howard. or werth.
Oh don't even fucking DARE to compare this ass-clown to Beckett.
I LOVE PEDRO!
Amy K. Nelson of ESPN talked to Rich Dubee (PHI pitching coach) before the game, he talked about Pedro's game in LA:
pitching coach Rich Dubee told me pregame that Pedro in LA "was inside everybody's mind. it's like he knows exactly what they're thinking."
Dubee told me that Pedro was ahead in the count, which was key to his success against the Dodgers. Said He threw all pitches for K's.
Dubee also said in the bullpen before that game, fans started getting on Pedro, and Dubee saw something switch inside him, and it was on.
Fortunate bounce for Ibanez!
Rauuuul
2-out rally time
ALRIGHT IBANEZ!
Also, have you guys seen the new Negro League Strat-O-Matic cards? For anyone who loves Strat-O-Matic, this is a dream come true.
If a few fans in LA got on him and It Was On... Imagine what happens when 50,000 do.
I want a doung here
i have no doubt some of what pedro said a day or two ago was to inflame the fans and thus pump him up.
E ROD
STAIRS = CANADIAN!!!!!!!!!
Canadian Ribeye!
Yay Fredericton!
I'll gladly take that
Yessir! Looks like A-Rod isn't so clutch after all! Let's all get back to bashing him over his choke-artist-ness.
nice gun, johnny.
Yes! A-Rod, you boob.
ha - slappy didn't have to go even one step to his left -- and he still blew that grounder
Why do I feel so invested in Pedro doing well? Do I still think he pitches for the Red Sox? I don't want Damon to do well....
Yankee Stadium has empty seats behind home plate during a World Series game! Best fans in baseball. Yankee Universe, guys!
K-ROD
SIT!
SIT!
maybe buzz shemp for old time's sake?
Arggh--I wanted a no hitter!
shoulda buzzed him.
Man, did they have to show 2003?
He said something about Pedro's mother? Never heard that one before.
Gerbil denied it. Who knows?
And who cares? Still a great moment.
!!!!
thought it would drop./
OMG, what a catch!
RAUUUUUUL!
RAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLL!!!!!!!
Yes, even I remember that baseball moment.
Not as pretty an inning for Pedro, but I will take it.
Alright, tack on some more runs.
I want to see Burnett done by the fourth inning.
26 pitches, but a bagel, nonetheless.
Pedro not economical though. 43 pitches through 2.
Allan, can you remember what kind of desk chair Laura ended up getting? Harvey needs to get a better chair.
i'll tell her to email you.
i think it's ergocentric.com
Thanks, Allan.
Make them pay for that, Ryan.
blister?
see, he IS like beckett.
howard: shut these fuckers who have been told by the scoreboard to stand up and make noise up
Or just K again
Because we haven't seen that nearly 600 times over the past three seasons.
AJ at 60 thru 3 (12-25-23).
quick inning, pedro.
you canNOT walk molina. jesus.
DP please?
A tweet from Ken Davidoff:
Joe Castiglione is here. "I had to see Pedro pitch."
sit, cap'n!
SIT
OK, we all know how smart Pedro is. Duh. Where have you been?
Pedro---three innings done.
right down the pipe fools jetes. crafty.
Could have been a bit more efficient, but I'll take it.
pedro at 59 thru 3 (17-26-16).
sut mentioning werth's "wide stance"
hmmmm ...
Shit, Werth, what the fuck was that?
fuck.
how about a homre from stairs?
nice hack, nomar.
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK
i did not like that.
Damn...
1st earned run finally -- in their 13th inning.
fuck you fans - it is a normal F7
sut: "derek jeter took an immediate liking to hideki matsui. that's just part of being a captain."
sut: "derek jeter took an immediate liking to hideki matsui. that's just part of being a captain."
It's weird. I don't feel like I'm watching the Phillies when I'm watching Pedro.
I feel like I'm watching Pedro and some other guys.
SIT
Alright, runs. Score them.
It's weird.
Not strange at all. He's a once in a lifetime guy. I've been thinking the P on his cap is for Pedro.
75 thru 4.
Me, too, Ish. This game is all about Pedro v NYY for me. Nothing else matters.
once in a lifetime -- and he was ours.
sut notes molina wants a ball inside, AJ says no, sut wonders WHY do that, go away -- so next pitch, INSIDE, ruis doubles!!!
Le squander
fuck you rollins. good god, hack at a pitch that bounces and would have been ball 4
Squanderage sucks
That must be it. If it wasn't for Pedro Martinez I probably wouldn't have been as into the Red Sox as I am. I used to drop everything to watch Pedro pitch.
Amalie Benjamin said the same thing about dropping everything to watch Pedro pitch on Twitter.
But it was Joe Castig who said to Ken Davidoff that he showed up because "I had to see Pedro pitch."
Blast from the past but you certainly can't discount that 8 IP 130 pitch performance earlier this year, last start against the Dodgers and tonight's start. You see Pedro pitch and think about the past, and then Pedro makes Milk Dud swing like that, tonight, in the 2009 World Series.
Rollins has never been one to get a lot of walks. He somehow managed to get 212 hits in 2007 and still bat under .300 because he only had 49 walks. I honestly think Victorino would be a better leadoff guy for them.
Thank you Nomar Damon
Nice going, Pedro. Five innings in the books.
In 2004 it was Pedro and the Red Sox. Tonight it's just Pedro.
8-pitch inning. 83 thru 5.
Five innings with only one earned run. Only at 83 pitches, Manuel will almost certainly let him start the 6th.
And if I know Manuel as well as I think I do, probably the 7th as well.
utley
howard
werth
runs pls
Aside from the Mother's Day Miracle, probably the game I remember most at Fenway was taking my daughters to see Pedro pitch. My older daughter, probably around 17, 18 at the time, was (and is) not a baseball fan, but I told her to watch and remember because she was seeing the best pitcher in baseball. I wonder if she remembers...
does manuel have some sort of flesh-eating disease?
I have a good feeling about Howard this inning.
Dammit Howard.
Damn, that was fast.
Burnett's giving the impression that he's actually a semi-talented pitcher.
I'm not liking that.
damn
I know I've related it before, but my very first Red Sox game was in Yankee Stadium when he set the record for most MFY to ever K in a game - 17.
God I love that man!
not sure i remember that sosock - you fucking lucky bastard.
we got stood up and thus did not get to go in to that game.
grab some pine, doosh.
SIT
pedro barking at slappy or at his catcher for talking to spally?
at his catcher!
fucking a.
SIT
K
K
Wow, I am more impressed than I ever expected to be.
... our 5th starter next year?
SHIT
cheap-o shemp job.
shoulda buzzed him.
Fuck, I should have kept my mouth shut.
damn.....damn......damn
Runs
Several
Score them
NOW
phillies are at the toilet - they need to get the runs.
jtc up
RS - per the record setting game. I got busy with something else and missed your comment. I think I mentioned it the night in Boston, but maybe not. Cathy and I were doing a show in NY and took off to the Bronx on a lark, even the game was officialy sold out. Got into the left field bleacher section for face value, and have NEVER seen a game that comes close since in terms of atmosphere and raw electricity in the air. It was awesome with a capital A
Score runs, Phillies, for our Pedro.
SoSock, what game was that? I must have missed Allan's earlier comment.
Amy - my very first live Red Sox game ever was in Yankee Stadium when Pedro set the record for the most Yankees to ever strike out in a single game - 17
Alright, I'm going to call it now.
Rivera WILL blow the save tonight.
Looks like Pedro coming back out to start the 7th, with Chan Ho Park warming.
Very cool--what a way to see the Sox for your first time---a Pedro game and against the Yankees---the 17 Ks are the icing on the cake!
we gave up and went home -- our guy with tix was delayed at work -- and got home in the 4th. watched the rest and then rewound the vcr to see what we missed early. i can't imagine the atmosphere. it looked amazing on tv.
i have often mentioned my favourite stat from that game:
fair balls hit off pedro's last 52 pitches: 0.
Hope so, Kevin, but I'd rather see the Phillies go ahead in the 8th and get Pedro the W.
Watching Pedro was the first time I noticed the fans getting up at Fenway and cheering with 2 strikes, especially with 2 outs. I rarely see it with that much fervor since Pedro left. Every time I do, I think of him.
sut has said a few times, if burnett can get thru 7 with the lead, it'll be fruitbat for 2.
i don't quite believe that will happen, though, even with a day off tomorrow.
The other day I noticed that the only two teams that haven't had their closer blow a save this postseason were the Yankees and the Phillies. As soon as I saw that, I got the feeling Rivera was going to blow a key one.
I'm hoping its tonight.
Remember: Rivera's probably coming in in the 8th. Pedro can still get the win in that scenario.
mfy fans started doing it with guidry in 78.
Fruitbat warming. Looks like Cletus is done.
9-1-2 for PHI in the 8th
Pedro never could throw much more than 100 pitches...
Shit, this isn't looking good
Phillies pen needs to get its ass up quick
sut saying young pitchers can learn from pedro, the way he stood on the mound a bit longer than usual to see if dud would tip his hand re a bunt.
yeah, because no pitchers do that these days --
-- except for all of them.
that was a slow walk off!
That was great. Everyone booing him. He walks slowly toward the dugout, looks up at everyone, then smiles at himself and enters the dugout.
Okay, I guess the Phillies pen already had its ass up
Good
i think he stopped so a fan could take a photo.
One of those made-for-TV moments, I guess. The little smile to himself. I love Pedro.
Park?
What the fuck?
Park: White Flag Jr.?
I guess maybe because he has a half-decent sinker?
could this have been pedro's last game?
damn damn
Shit
Allan, that would be too sad to consider right now after his two games in this post-season.
But entirely possible...
he is penciled in for game 6, though, back in ny
great call, joe. jeter K
Ha
I guess if you're Jeter you can go out of the box and interfere with a throw and get away with it
Amy, I swear by my Humanscale Freedom chair.
HA!
stop clapping, dumbo, you are out!!!!
Hmm, bad call that time.
Alright
Let's do this
Runs
Multiple
Score them
This inning
if howard thought he caught the liner, he would have simply walked over and stepped on 1B for the DP.
Thanks, JohnGF, where did you get it? Harvey is reluctant to buy a chair without sitting in it first.
Do they really need to show Girardi arguing in SUPER SLOW MO?
Didn't Howard take a step toward first then decide to throw to second first? Or he had a notion in some way, maybe not a step. Short-term memory fail.
Amy--There is or was an office supply place a block or two from South Station toward Chinatown. Let me see if I can find a name.
1918!!! 1918!!!
The man looked good tonight I approve that performance.
OK, I'm outta here. Downtown San Fran is calling my name! I might get to meet Zenslinger tomorrow.
Talk to ya Saturday.
Amy--
179 South St
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 338-0077
if the red sox were in the world series tonight, you know where i'd be?
posting at a yankees blog.
remove head from ass, rollins.
Thanks, John, I will check it out. I see it is sold at a store in West Hartford, which is only 20 miles from us.
First I have to convince Harvey that his back is worth the investment since he thinks $100 is a lot for a chair....
11 pitch BB.
shane dongorino?
I saw the troll post. It was intelligent and well written. I am not sure why a real baseball fan like ourselves here would watch a world series game. These yankees fans are really sore winners nowadays after they sucked so bad for a few years. If you are that good a team to win every year, you do.
Baserunner
I want to see a big Hawaiian dong here
A base hit will do also. Now the tying runs are on.
no pineapple dong, but go-ahead run at plate. utley.
Single works too
Chase, you know what to do
I guess there was a troll----and now mod is on. :(
zone expanding for fbat.
only 1 out and mo at 21 pitches already.
Amy--when buying motorcycle helmets, the old saw was, "Fifty cent helmet, fifty cent head...."
I used a standard padded armless rollaway task chair for years. My back hurt.
I bought a Humanscale--I am not getting a commission on any sale!--and my back stopped hurting and never started again.
Get that man of yours thinking seriously!
Will do, JGF, but he is stubborn when it comes to spending money on himself. If it were MY back, he'd be pulling out the credit card.
SHIT, DP.
Fuck
Phucking Phils.
O'B says "and rivera does it again"
not really, this time. he had a huge amount of help.
Howard
Werth
Ibanez
Stairs
Still have a fair chance
Another shitty call, as FOX shows.
Hey WOW! Is it just me or did FOX NOT show GBA tonight?
How'd that feel, asshole?
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