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Originally posted by spookyfish
And nothing in the article more clearly reveals that he is a little prima-donna bitch than this:
"I told [Henry], 'You want to sign me, get it done. Please force them to get it done. I'm willing to stay here. Negotiate with them. I just don't want to be under Schilling," Martinez said.
He also said he deserved a better deal than Schilling.
"Schilling is 38, I'm only 33," he said. "The fact that I had an off-year doesn't mean that I can be below Schilling. Still, with an off-year, I'm way over Schilling as a pitcher and I've pitched pretty much like Schilling the last few years, if you're going to talk about durability."
I can't wait until he has to step into the batter's box again in the NL. What a total punk.
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Yeh, he's arrogant as hell now. On the other hand, his career ERA is significantly lower than Schilling and he's never had a losing year (excluding 1992, when he started and lost a single game). The fact that 16-9 is an off year (OK, the 3.90 ERA is pretty miserable by Pedro standards) is itself amazing. So how do folks feel when some new associate gets a couple of prime, career enhancing projects and the associate who has given 2000 hours for five years is forgotten? Shiny penny syndrome gets to lots of people.
So, yeh, don't hire him to do PR. But it is still a loss for the Sox and a plus for the Mets.
