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“This is the beauty of this book, the machinations of a modern
pitcher's mind . . . There is delicious inside-baseball material
here . . . Boston fans, who know Martinez helped turn around
their franchise, will certainly buy this book as a totem to one
of the magic moments in baseball history: their 2004 title. So,
too, should any true fan of the game. Knowing and gritty, this
memoir should've been printed on rawhide.” -- Los Angeles Times
“There is little the eight-time all-star holds back about any
subject as he offers a revealing look at a colorful career. . .
‘Pedro’ is an easy read, one that you don’t have to be an ardent
seamhead to enjoy. . . The details Martinez offers up
from both inside and outside the clubhouse make the book a
winner.” -- Washington Post
“Brightly illuminates Martinez’s many facets . . . The book
serves as a significant exception to the case that David Foster
Wallace made, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, more than two decades
ago, against the ‘the sports-star-‘with’-somebody
autobiography.’” – The New Yorker
“A treat for anyone who loved watching Mr. Martinez pitch or who
loves the craft of p.” – The Wall Street Journal
“A book much-awaited by Red Sox fans fully delivers . . . Very
rewarding.” – The Boston Globe
“‘Pedro’ the book is as smart, as funny, and as diva-esque as
Pedro the pitcher . . . It's all great . . . Buy the book. Read
the book. Celebrate a golden era in Boston baseball.” – Dan
Shaughnessy, The Boston Globe
"The volatile Hall of Fame p ace has just published a
t-talking, score-settling but disarmingly emotional memoir,
Pedro, a book sure to make the reading list of any avid baseball
fan . . . No question, this delicious summer read is guaranteed
fodder for talk radio, because the always outspoken and
opinionated Pedro lets it fly on the page with the same abandon
he once showed on the mound.” – The Daily Beast
"Well worth the read, an amazing baseball story.” – Providence
Journal
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From the Inside Flap
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A bold, no-holds-barred memoir from one of the most dominant and
dynamic pitchers to ever play the game
Before Pedro Martinez was the eight-time All Star, three-time Cy
Young Award winner, World Series champion, and Hall of Famer,
before stadiums full of fans chanted his name, he was just a
little kid from the Dominican Republic who sat under a mango tree
and dreamed of playing pro ball. Now the charismatic and always
colorful pitcher opens up for the first time to tell his
remarkable story.
Martinez entered the big leagues a scrawny power pitcher with a
lightning arm who they said wasnt durable enough, who they
said was a punk. But what they underestimated about Pedro
Martinez was the intensity of the fire inside. Like no one before
or since, Martinez willed himself to become one of the most
intimidating pitchers to have ever played the game.
In Pedro we relive it all in Technicolor brightness, from his
hardscrabble days in the minor leagues clawing for respect; to
his early days in lonely Montreal, where he first struggled with
the reputation of being a headhunter; to his legendary run with
the Red Sox when, start after start, he dazzled with his p
genius; to his twilight years on the mound as he put the
finishing touches on a body of work that made him an icon.
Bold, outspoken, in its details, and grand in ego and
ambition, this new memoir by one of baseballs most enigmatic
figures will entertain and inspire generations of fans to come.
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