--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Points to Pedro for walking into Yankee Stadium and > pitching 7 great > >innings. > > > > Points off for the beanball he threw that started it > all and subsequent lack > of apology to the fans and Zim. What a sportsman! > ;-) > > Jon > Not Even Man Enough to Apologize Maru
I don't agree at all about Zimmer. What, Pedro was supposed to let Zimmer hit him just because he's 72? If Pedro had decked him, I might have objected. Zimmer's an adult, and he knew exactly what he risked when he charged onto the field like a crazed gerbil. Kudos to Pedro, actually, for doing the absolute minimum to protect himself - basically just pushing Zimmer aside - instead of what he really could have done. In the case of Garcia, actually, I'm not really convinced that he was aiming for the head. If Pedro Martinez wants to hit you in the head, he's _going_ to hit you in the head, given his control and velocity. The fact that he hit Garcia close to, but not on, the head, suggests to me that's probably exactly what he wanted to do. He still shouldn't have thrown the pitch, but Yankee fans (Roger Clemens, anybody?) have _no_ room to complain on this one. He threw 100+ pitches on a torn rotator cuff in a supremely high stress situation against a superb offensive team in their own home park - and kept them to two solo home runs. Anything that happened after the 7th inning is his manager's fault for not having the basic common sense to pull him with a 3 run lead. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
