Red-Sox Forum: Pedro Maritinez

Posted by: megan (kentucky262626@ThisIsToPreventSpam-472-RemoveThis.netscape.com) on 24 Aug 2003 at 7:04:20 PM
In-Reply-To: TED WILLIAMS BAT VALUE posted by Rick on 2:17:43 PM 22 Aug 2003

I am not going to say i'm the biggest Pedro fan ('cause i'm sure that's his mommy, lol) but i'm a REAL big fan of his (and the Red Sox, but, he's my favorite) I've just been wondering why so many people (particularly the media and dirtdogs.com, even though, i love the site, it can be a little mean) seem to have extra high hopes for Petey that are pretty much impossible to reach. Yeah, i agree, he should not of been taking so many days off to go to the pan am games and such, but, you can't act like it's his fault that he is human and does suffer from illnesses. I expect more from Pedro than any other pitcher, and when he has bad days i am dissappointed in him (and i'm sure he's dissappointed in himself, you can tell) but i don't go on about it. Those are rare and hard days, and i'm sure he suffers more from them than we do. I think people should also stop going on about how much he's babied and treated differently from the other players. It's not his fault, when he's out there doing good and they won't let him go those two or three more innings he even shows his dissapproval (He is a little immature, but, i have no problem with it, he does his job, or tries to) He cracks me up when he goes into the dugout and slouches all over the bench with his arms crossed and his "it's not fair" expression. But, if that wasn't enough those certain people have to make up for the way he's babied by being extra tough on him. What about the way Kim's been struggling. It's sad, i love the way kim's done his job as a closer in the past, but, he's just not doin' so well right now. But, that's not worse or more important than Pedro not being able to start because he has (or had) a fever over 101 and has even looked as though he has lost weight. It's not like he's playin' hooky or saying his mom passed out from heat exhaustion at 5:45am. Just seeing if anyone's with me on this.

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