Pedro Martinez

As if the 2009 season couldn't get any worse for the Metropolitans, Pedro Martinez had to go and embarrass them on national television last night. While Tim Redding (who I can't stand) pitched his ass off for the Mets, their anemic offense couldn't help him out. The Phillies' famously potent lineup was held to just one run...

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He's in the top 20 all time in K's/9 and Opp. BA, but he's not as dominant as Koufax, Pedro Martinez or Randy Johnson in those categories. 

Gibson is also 26th in walks, showing longevity, and yet he's not in the top 30 in wins. Maybe not as successful as his reputation suggests. 

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Dear Readers (all five of you):

I've been active on my other blog at www.fannation.com, under the username JFro, but I continually forget to publish those posts here. That said, the next five posts should be considered my belated MLB preseason predictions -- a preview, of sorts. There's the top five infields, outfields, bullpens, and starting rotations, and of course The Big Kahuna:

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Sox Manager, Grady Little, elected to stay with starting pitcher Pedro Martinez instead of a fresh arm from the bullpen. Ready for the Curse …again? The Yankees rallied to tie the score and send the game to extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th inning Yankee Aaron Boone hit a solo homerun to win the game and send the Red Sox back to Boston empty handed yet again. The curse was becoming an unbearable reality year after year.

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We are four and a half weeks away from first pitch of the new Major League Baseball and I have a lot to cover until Josh Beckett faces Joe Blanton in Japan.  This is the first of a seven part series of my MLB 2008 preview.  In the first six parts of the series I will discuss each division, break them down by team and give my predictions for the upcoming season.  The first division I will take a close look at in the NL East.  I see a tight three-team race here between the Mets, Phillies and Marlins.  Just kidding, of course the third team is the Braves.

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the wrong reasons.  But that was last year and we can forget about it.

 Johan Santana, Pedro Martinez, John Maine, Oliver Perez and Orlando Hernandez (for now).  If this is not the best staff in the league it is definitely in the top 2.

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