None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring training, are in the playoffs right now.
None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring training, are in the playoffs right now.
Whether you like it or not, the last few years I'd be the first one to tell you I haven't been the Pedro Martinez that I'm used to being.
I just try to do what I have to do and let the people out there do what they have to do, which is have fun, scream, yell and jump around. I try to do what I have to do, which is play baseball, and I can only play in that piece of area there, so that's what I try to do.
I wasn't playing mind games with anybody, I just said what I said. I am responsible for it, but I wish everybody would fall asleep for that one and let me go out there and do my thing.
My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.
I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.
I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.
Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.
My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.
Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.