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...factor in the 2004 curse reverse was Red Sox pitching. Following an uneven beginning, pitcher after pitcher handled the Yankees’ “superstars” and the Cardinals’ sluggers. Pedro Martinez was finally able to step away from his New York fear, while Tim Wakefield’s knuckleballs proved too much even for his own catcher Jason Varitek and, improbably, Derek Lowe was just as strong as the other aces...
...players seemed as excited as the fans; pitcher Pedro Martinez danced to rap music blaring from the duck boats’ loudspeakers as pitcher Curt Schilling waved...
Newspapers in the Dominican Republic--home to Sox stars Ortiz, Pedro Martinez and Manny Ramirez--hailed EL MILAGRO POR LOS MEDIAS ROJAS. But some credit for the Red Sox miracle has to go to the Yankees--who, after building a three- game lead, forgot how to play Yankee baseball. They showed little patience at the plate and too much on the base paths--and in the case of ace closer Mariano Rivera, didn't automatically stifle the opposition. The result: a team with a $184 million payroll (the Red Sox are second, at $127 million) performed the most crushing seven...
...last two postseason meetings between the Sox and Yanks. Both were epic struggles between two great ball clubs. Who can forget last year? The Red Sox were only five outs away from beating the Yanks, when fans watched Grady Little allow the Yankees to torch a weary Pedro Martinez, tying the game. Red Sox fans’ misery was made complete when the overpaid Aaron Boone—or as he’s known in Boston, Aaron bleeping Boone—drilled a walk-off home...
...Pedro Martinez gave up two runs in one inning of work...