I read from time to time local area sport columns etc which get submitted and give helpful info.....submitting this one from the Boston Herald sports section. It basically continues our Boston paranoia on Pedro and our ever elusive quest.
Pedro to work shorter shift
Red Sox Notebook/by Jeff Horrigan
Sunday, July 14, 2002
TORONTO - In an effort to keep Pedro Martinez fresh for his following start vs. the New York Yankees, Red Sox manager Grady Little said he plans to use his ace for no more than five or six innings today in the last of four games vs. the Toronto Blue Jays at SkyDome.
Martinez, who hasn't pitched since July 6, will be going on seven days of rest.
``Hopefully the game will dictate that we can just use him for five or six innings,'' Little said yesterday after the Sox' 4-1 loss to the Blue Jays. ``It's been a long time since he pitched and we don't want him to overdo it. I want to make sure he's on top of his game for Friday in New York.''
Martinez ended the first half of the season on an encouraging note, going 4-0 with a 1.29 ERA in his final four starts. He allowed only 15 hits and three walks in 28 innings while striking out 42 batters. Martinez has led the Sox to shutouts in three of his last four starts, including an 8-0 drubbing of the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park on July 8. He and Alan Embree combined on a 4-0 blanking of the Blue Jays in his previous outing on July 1.
Unlike the previous two seasons, when Martinez encountered shoulder problems before the All-Star break, he has remained injury-free this season. It is a credit to his offseason workout program, which added a dozen pounds of upper-body muscle, as well as Little's judicious deployment this season. Martinez has thrown 110 pitches or fewer in five of his last seven starts and he's unlikely to throw more than 90-95 pitches today.
``I think we're going to have to monitor Pedro throughout the whole season,'' Little said. ``What we've done so far is working, so we'll stick with the same chain of thinking.''
Derek Lowe may be in the midst of a potential Cy Young Award-winning season but Martinez has proved to be the team's stopper. He is 8-1 with a 1.41 ERA in nine starts following a Red Sox defeat.
Pedro to work shorter shift
Red Sox Notebook/by Jeff Horrigan
Sunday, July 14, 2002
TORONTO - In an effort to keep Pedro Martinez fresh for his following start vs. the New York Yankees, Red Sox manager Grady Little said he plans to use his ace for no more than five or six innings today in the last of four games vs. the Toronto Blue Jays at SkyDome.
Martinez, who hasn't pitched since July 6, will be going on seven days of rest.
``Hopefully the game will dictate that we can just use him for five or six innings,'' Little said yesterday after the Sox' 4-1 loss to the Blue Jays. ``It's been a long time since he pitched and we don't want him to overdo it. I want to make sure he's on top of his game for Friday in New York.''
Martinez ended the first half of the season on an encouraging note, going 4-0 with a 1.29 ERA in his final four starts. He allowed only 15 hits and three walks in 28 innings while striking out 42 batters. Martinez has led the Sox to shutouts in three of his last four starts, including an 8-0 drubbing of the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park on July 8. He and Alan Embree combined on a 4-0 blanking of the Blue Jays in his previous outing on July 1.
Unlike the previous two seasons, when Martinez encountered shoulder problems before the All-Star break, he has remained injury-free this season. It is a credit to his offseason workout program, which added a dozen pounds of upper-body muscle, as well as Little's judicious deployment this season. Martinez has thrown 110 pitches or fewer in five of his last seven starts and he's unlikely to throw more than 90-95 pitches today.
``I think we're going to have to monitor Pedro throughout the whole season,'' Little said. ``What we've done so far is working, so we'll stick with the same chain of thinking.''
Derek Lowe may be in the midst of a potential Cy Young Award-winning season but Martinez has proved to be the team's stopper. He is 8-1 with a 1.41 ERA in nine starts following a Red Sox defeat.
Take the fuking diaper off him they need a win bad!!! 3 gms behind NY and oakland getting it together, same old story.
