Pedro Martinez made his debut for the Phillies Wednesday night, and while he did give up three earned and seven hits in his five innings of work, he showed signs of promise going forward. He also struck out five batters and hit 93 on the radar gun at least once while earning his first W for the Phillies. If he can improve just a little bit from his performance against the Cubs, the Phillies are going to be extremely happy with their new fifth starter.
Oh yeah, and Pedro is also back in form with the media. Always a quote machine, he gave us this gem last night:
“I’ve been there,” he said. “For this club, what I’m lacking right now, I might give them at the end. Experience. A cold-blooded person that doesn’t matter how big the game is. I’m going to stand right there. And if anybody fails, they can always count on the old goat to go out there and kind of stand up. I might do that. I might be able to do that if I’m healthy.
“I’m healthy. And I’m going to improve. Regardless of what happened today, I’m going to improve. I expect to improve, especially with being healthy.”
So I guess a lot hinges on his health?
There was also a very sad chapter to last night’s tilt. While fielding a ball in the fifth inning, Shane Victorino was the victim of some very dangerous and bad fan behavior. Someone in the stands decided it would be a good idea to throw a beer on Victorino as he attempted to catch a fly ball. Credit to Victorino for not letting getting pelted by a full beer stop him from making the snag. Even had he dropped it, the batter would have been called out for fan interference.
There is no place in sports for behavior like that from a fan. What good could possibly come from doing something like that? The batter is going to be called out every single time, and now you have put it into your own team’s head that they have to worry about retaliation down the road. Get a life and grow the hell up.
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