num_pages: 317
description: A bold no-holds-barred memoir from one of the most dominant and dynamic pitchers to ever play the gameBefore Pedro Martinez was the eight-time All Star three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series champion before stadiums full of fans chanted his name he was just a little kid from the Dominican Republic who sat under a mango tree and dreamed of playing pro ball. Now in Pedro  the charismatic and always colorful pitcher opens up for the first time to tell his remarkable story.Martinez entered the big leagues a scrawny power pitcher with a lightning arm who they said wasnt durable enough who they said was a punk. But what they underestimated about Pedro Martinez was the intensity of the fire inside. Like no one before or since Martinez willed himself to become one of the most intimidating pitchers to have ever played the game.In Pedro we relive it all in Technicolor brightness from his hardscrabble days in the minor leagues clawing for respect; to his early days in lonely Montreal where he first struggled with the reputation of being a headhunter; to his legendary run with the Red Sox when start after start he dazzled with his pitching genius; to his twilight years on the mound as he put the finishing touches on a body of work that made him an icon.Bold outspoken intimate in its details and grand in ego and ambition this new memoir by one of baseballs most enigmatic figures will entertain and inspire generations of fans to come.
language: English
title: Pedro
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt