Comments on: Pedro Martinez is planning to retire

By: clydeserra

clydeserra — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:40:47 +0000

That would be lame. It would mean he was a dad at 10 years old

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:14:12 +0000

Thumbs down from defensive Yankee fans? It’s not a slight that I’m using Rivera as the gold standard of pitching excellence, you know…

By: badmamainphilliesjamas

badmamainphilliesjamas — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:32:57 +0000

It was a treat to have him with the Phillies. Always an interesting interview, too.

By: dirtyharry1971

dirtyharry1971 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:07:13 +0000

my lasting memory of pedro will be game 6 of the 2009 WS and watching Matsui just totally dominate him and the phillies and watching him get taking out as Yankee Stadium gave him a proper send off. That to me is who he will always be and he looked good in that phillie uniform, i so wished they resigned him again

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:36:16 +0000

1999 was unquestionably the better season. His stats for 2000 were eye-popping as well, but by fWAR his 1999 season was 2.1 WAR better.

And by rWAR his 2000 season was 1.7 WAR better. Stat nerds, I love you, but it’s time you admitted that WAR is a hot mess of a stat that’s if anything less useful than the uber-stats that came before it. At least VORP didn’t assign massive win values to players based on half-season UZR numbers…

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:13:38 +0000

“Lasorda questioned whether then-Dodger Pedro Martinez, because of his slight build, had the size and stamina to be a starting pitcher in the major leagues. Lasorda’s views led the Dodgers to trade Martinez to the Montreal Expos”–Baseball Wiki

He used Pedro almost exclusively as a reliever. Good call on that one Tommy.

ERA+ above 200 *5* times! Though he didn’t have durability of Maddux or Carlton, I think *at his best* he has an argument as the greatest in baseball history.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:44:16 +0000

He put up Sandy Koufax numbers – but he was pitching in the hitter/steroid era in Fenway while Sandy was pitching in a great pitcher’s park in the pitcher’s era. Amazing.

By: cowboysoldiertx

cowboysoldiertx — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:53:17 +0000

One of the best , and most entertaining, of all time.

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:18:32 +0000

I would be hard pressed to call him an all time great Met. But he gave it his all here and left us with some memorable moments.

He is, however, clearly an all time great.

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:16:26 +0000

Vote for Pedro!

By: kiwicricket

kiwicricket — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:58:47 +0000

Please tell me that’s his daughter

By: oldpaddy

oldpaddy — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:59:11 +0000

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:57:18 +0000

Thank you Ari

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:13:25 +0000

Nope. It’s just a clock that starts five years after you last played pro baseball.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:42:26 +0000

Does his belated retirement announcement affect when he will be eligible for the Hall Of Fame?

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:39:16 +0000

Zimmer forgot how old he was when he got a bit too frisky on the field.

By: bbk1000

bbk1000 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:13:53 +0000

haha, yea, irrelevant….kind of like the Sharks when it comes to the NHL….

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:39:40 +0000

fearlessleader linked to a page which linked to this:

http://www.mlb-dda.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=55

Pedro Martinez seems to be doing admirable work in his not-quite-retired state.

By: sjsharksfan11

sjsharksfan11 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:43:14 +0000

He’s been irrelevant for years now. WHO CARES?!!!!!!

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:23:50 +0000

1999 was unquestionably the better season. His stats for 2000 were eye-popping as well, but by fWAR his 1999 season was 2.1 WAR better.
Consider this: in his 2000 season he had a BABIP of .236. In his 1999 season, he had a BABIP of .323. He was unlucky on balls in play in 1999, both against his own career average and MLB average, and he still had the best season in the history of baseball!
Using FIP- his 1999 season came in at 30, which means he was 70% better than league average. His 2000 FIP- was 46, or 54% better than average. Still tremendous, but 1999 was superlative.

By: KC Downey

KC Downey — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:12:06 +0000

1999 was great, and perhaps he was robbed of an MVP, but there are a couple off-the-charts stats from Pedro’s 2000 season that show just how unbelievably good he was that year.

In the steroid era…

- 0.737 WHIP (single-season major league record)
- 1.74 ERA with an ERA+ of 291 (!!!)

By: Matt Aromando

Matt Aromando — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:48:59 +0000

No question he goes in with a Red Sox cap, most/best seasons spent with them, most notably including ’99 and ’00.

By: ss

ss — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:46:34 +0000

The Right Arm of God. The greatest I’ve ever seen.

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:46:03 +0000

Hey Pedro, who’s your daddy?

Father time.

By: 2r2d

2r2d — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:10:57 +0000

He was a great pitcher.

By: medialovesthecowboys

medialovesthecowboys — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:31:30 +0000

Reunion tour?
Does he sing?

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:22:20 +0000

Except for his 1999 season.

By: Bryz

Bryz — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:13:43 +0000

This ain’t Abe Vigoda we’re talking about here.

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:11:57 +0000

I believe he mistook Zimmer’s bald head for a baseball and tried to throw it across the infield back in 2003.

By: dondada10

dondada10 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:07:28 +0000

Pedro’s 2000 season was the finest single season any pitcher ever threw.