Pedro Martinez is one of the great figures the Boston Red Sox has had throughout its history. The pitcher, remembered for his work in the 2004 American League Championship Series, had his best years within that organization. But something that might seem unusual, is something he recently confessed. Pedro Martinez stated that he is a big fan of the New York Yankees, despite the rivalry his former team and the Bronx have in MLB.
Pedro Martinez told reporter Rich Eisen, in an interview, that when he was part of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team he made his MLB debut with; asked to be changed to the New York Yankees. However, this could not be so.
In the conversation with Eisen, Martinez also said that his bigotry was so much that when he arrived in Les Majors, from the Dominican Republic, he only had $ 250, which he used to buy a ball signed by the Yankees emblem. Reggie Jackson.
Despite Martinez’s stated intention to be sent to the Yankees, he explained that he understood that “when you’re a part of a change, you can’t decide where to go and you can’t be a fan of any team. “.
We don’t know what MLB history would have been like if Pedro Martinez played with the Yankees. But we know that after the Dodgers he went through the Montreal Expos and later to the Boston Red Sox, with whom he just defeated the Yankees in the legendary 2004 American League Championship Series.