Pedro, by Pedro Martinez, Michael Silverman
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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, and World Series champion, 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 in Pedro, 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 wasn’t “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 pitching 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, intimate in its details, and grand in ego and ambition, this new memoir by one of baseball’s most enigmatic figures will entertain and inspire generations of fans to come.
Pedro, by Pedro Martinez, Michael Silverman - Amazon Sales Rank: #136413 in Books
- Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.22" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 336 pages
Pedro, by Pedro Martinez, Michael Silverman Review “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 intimate 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 pitching.” – 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 pitching ace has just published a trash-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
From the Inside Flap 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 wasn’t “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 pitching 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, intimate in its details, and grand in ego and ambition, this new memoir by one of baseball’s most enigmatic figures will entertain and inspire generations of fans to come.
From the Back Cover “Later, after I had proven I could get batters out as well as anyone else in the game, I switched to subtler forms of motivation. Skeptics who doubted that my slender body could withstand the rigors of starting, coaches who belittled, berated, or fed off of me like leeches, jealous teammates who wanted to fight me, batters who charged me because they mistook my need to pitch inside for a desire to knock their heads off, a baseball establishment that tried to slow my entry into the rarefied air as one of the elite pitchers of all time, rude media members who probed where they shouldn’t have and harped on the negative—my God, baseball was a noisy, teeming jungle.” —from Pedro
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10 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Totally worth the read...but a little flawed... By M J Heilbron Jr. I didn't like this as much as I thought I was going to, but as a baseball fan, there was no way I could skip this book.I mean..come on... PEDRO wrote a book? This I GOTTA check out, right? One of the greatest pitchers ever? I'm IN!As I barreled through this account of his life, a few things kept popping up, bothering me a bit.1) I enjoy seeing Pedro on MLB Network, and I find his baseball insights tremendously informative. He's quick, funny...but I didn't see that guy here in this book.As I read paragraph after paragraph, I could 'hear' in my head the words coming out in his thick accent. But the writing in the book seems as if it had been tidied up a bit too much by his co-writer. A first person account often comes across as the author telling you his story, but the language/syntax/whatever struck me as inauthentic. And when another player chimes in, weighing in on one of Pedro's victories, or an executive discusses a particular Pedro eccentricity, the tone shifts to a more conventional biography for a moment...it's a little jarring.I would have liked either a more "Pedro"-like storytelling, or conversely a more measured, descriptive biographical account.2) MAN does he have an excuse for everything...he sounds like my 12-year-old after a bad Little League game...3) MAN is he an angry guy! It is true that by the end of the book, he seems to have attained some sort of peace, but he is one vindictive little guy. At one point, he makes a comment that he's going to eventually "get back" at another pitcher by hitting him with a pitch, even if it's in an "Old-Timer's Game." And he is defiantly proud saying that.4) His staggering greatness...he had a year or two that are among the best single seasons EVER for a pitcher...we're talking Koufax or Gibson...is actually diminished by his chest-thumping swagger. That swagger that made him so compelling on the field doesn't come across on the page so well.I found myself wanting to read other books...maybe "Faithful" or "Now I Can Die In Peace"...to get a better sense of Pedro's greatness, of his utter dominance of the league when he was at the top of his own game...(which actually preceded the Red Sox's eventual Series success, but I imagine it would at least be referred to in those books...).This Hall of Famer deserves a better book, but he gets to tell his own story the way he wants to tell it...and for that, it's totally worth a read...
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Pedro Provides A Mixture of High-Hard Ones, Change-Ups, and Curves in This Biography By Bill Emblom Pedro Martinez gives us a no-holds barred review of his life-to-date both as a major league baseball pitcher in addition to his private life as well. Sometimes a trade can be a blessing in disguise as Martinez was dealt away from the team he shared with his brother, the Los Angeles Dodgers, to the Montreal Expos where he surprisingly found a more hospitable environment. A subsequent trade to the Boston Red Sox led to the most productive years of his career where he initially expected to stay for only one year.The book contains interesting details following the 2004 season with teams such as the Red Sox, Yankees, and Mets romancing Martinez to sign with their team. His father's terminal illness along with surgery on his pitching shoulder led to rather unproductive years with the Mets. One part in particular that I found to be somewhat tiring was the description of the art and craft of pitching to various hitters. There was a bit more than I cared to read about.I found a couple of errors regarding the names of players as well. The name of a particular coach is Joey Amalfitano and not Joey Malfitano. The other was the name listed as Billy Gardner who was the last batter Pedro Martinez pitched to while a member of the Phillies. The correct name should be Brett Gardner of the Yankees.Martinez had the reputation of being a head-hunter while on the mound but he explains each of the memorable situations along with the incident in which Yankees' coach Don Zimmer charged and tripped while Martinez moved to avoid him. Zimmer later apologized for this embarrassment.The book contains numerous photos and we find there is more to learn about the man who believed the inside of home plate belonged to him. Like many of us he had to struggle to become a success and there were those he remembered who helped him along the way in addition to those who proved to be otherwise. I enjoyed the book and it will find a permanent place in my baseball library.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Terrific Read By Ronald Christopher Huge Red Sox fan, so I was pleased to read this book. Offers great insights into Pedro's life, both inside and outside the game.A Hall of Fame person as well as pitcher.
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