no problem there indeed
remember this?
But more important than stats, Pedro came through when it mattered most. In 1999 he risked his career in a game I will never forget. The 1999 playoffs Red Sox were down 2 games to nothing in the playoffs. This was depressing because the Red Sox had never won a playoff series since I began following baseball, and they were about to lose again. But the Red Sox fought back and won two games at Fenway to send the series back to Cleveland for a deciding game 5. Pedro had exited Game 1 early with a back injury. Before game 3, a bullpen session lasted only one minute because of the discomfort. He was declared unvailable to pitch Game 5. But the game soon turned into an ugly slugfest. After 3 and a half innings the score was already 8-8. With the season on the line and with Boston's pitchers getting knocked around by the Cleveland hitters, Jimy Williams called the bullpen. Out of the bullpen comes Pedro. His back still hurting, and his fastball was only in the low 90's far below it's normal velocity. But he used every bit of guile and guts he had, and the Cleveland hitters cannot touch him. In the 7th Troy O'Leary hit. The entire stadium of 45,000 is deathly silent as Pedro take the mound in the next inning. They know with absolute certainty that with Pedro on the mound the game is over. Pedro finishes the game, having gone 6 innings, and not allowing a single hit.
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