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Pedro Martinez' Midget Died

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Nelson de la Rosa, Dead at 38

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/21/1241/640/pedro%20and%20midget.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f391/vitaminjn/midget.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

De la Rosa's body will be sent back to the Dominican Republic after an autopsy and then could be put on display in a museum, his agent said.

― gear (gear), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/8193/riplittlemandx1.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

NO.

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

I thought this thread said "Pedro Martinez' Midget Diet."

― Willful Leee Obtuseness (Leee), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

also HOLY SHIT GEAR. I can't wait to see the little mummified motherfucker.

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

"Me santa majorn"

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

The Dugout today looks pretty maudlin until you realize it's actually recasting the whole thing in the "Calvin & Hobbes find an injured baby raccoon" story, and then it feels a bit weirder.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

lol what is that site? that is pretty funny IMHO.

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

the dugout has been saddo central lately

― gear (gear), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

Gear (3:20:34 PM): pedro martinez's midget died
Gear (3:21:09 PM): he was a 2 1/2 ft tall man pedro carried around with him when the boston red sox were making their 2004 world series run
Gear (3:21:10 PM): ;(
Gear (3:21:19 PM): he died of unknown causes
GearGF (3:22:44 PM): why are you telling me this

― gear (gear), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

KID ROCK (5:57:56 PM): NEVER FORGET, PEDRO!
KID ROCK (5:58:01 PM): http://www.kidrock.com/images/bio/tbt_splash_joec4.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

it's the Curse of Brando (Moreau)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 13:31 (nineteen years ago)

this sounds like the title to one of the DC threads.

poor nelson.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

seven years pass...

I won't start a new Pedro thread...Had some back-and-forth on him in the Posnanski thread the other day. Bill James posted a piece today called "41 Starts," where he looks at 41-start blocks since the '50s (41 because that amounted to a full season when he was a kid). He's got Pedro as having the second-greatest block ever, starting on 8/24/99 and ending at some unnamed point in 2001:

GS - 41
IP - 307.0
W - 26
L - 6
Pct - .813
H - 184
R - 59
ER - 54
SO - 434
BB - 48
ERA - 1.58
CG - 9
ShO - 5

434 strikeouts, 48 walks.

― clemenza, Friday, 16 May 2014 21:48 (twelve years ago)

Who had #1?

― WilliamC, Friday, 16 May 2014 22:02 (twelve years ago)

Gibson--from April 26, '68 to probably a few starts into '69: 1.19 ERA, 335/80 K/BB.

But even if you adjust Gibson’s 1968 campaign to a more normal context, it’s still a phenomenal season. The National League ERA in 1968 was 2.98. Gibson’s ERA was 1.12. That’s 38% of the league. A normal league ERA, over time, is 3.90, 4.00. Adjusted to a normal league, Gibson’s ERA is still about 1.50. How often do we see a pitcher with a 1.50 ERA?

Gooden was #4, Koufax #3.

― clemenza, Friday, 16 May 2014 22:15 (twelve years ago)

I'd easily take Pedro's block over Gibson's.

― clemenza, Friday, 16 May 2014 22:16 (twelve years ago)

eleven years pass...

The Freewheelin' Pedro--must be in Montreal for a reunion or something; posted a bunch of photos on Facebook.

https://i.postimg.cc/QddpGMjS/pedro.jpg

― clemenza, Tuesday, 28 April 2026 17:38 (five months ago)


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