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Martinez Injures 12 in Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez was arrested at Fenway Park on Sunday after beaning several fans, security guards, and beer vendors during a 3-hour standoff with police. 12 people suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident. The "beanball rampage" came shortly after Martinez had finished serving a 5-game suspension for hitting Cleveland's Roberto Alomar on May 2nd.
"This fellow leaned over and asked Pedro if he had hit anyone yet that day," said Merlin O'Shane, 56, of Nashua, Massachusetts, "and Pedro just snapped. Ayup, snapped in two, he did." Martinez picked up a nearby sack of baseballs and began hurling them into the crowd. "All I did was ask him if he planned to bean anyone else, and he broke my friggin' arm!" said Sean O'Donahue, 26, of Boston, Martinez's first beanball victim. "The guy throws wicked hard!" When stadium security tried to apprehend him, he climbed atop Fenway Park's 36-foot left-field wall, the famed "Green Monster". Martinez continued to sling baseballs into the crowd of onlookers below, holding police at bay for 3 hours, injuring 11 more during the standoff. Officials finally lured Martinez from his perch with a lifelike puppet of Martinez's favorite target, Braves outfielder Reggie Sanders, who Martinez beaned in 1996, spoiling a perfect game. "The police, they trick me," said Martinez while throwing a wad of tape at a small child. "They tell me they bring me Reggie, so I come down. But it not Reggie." When asked about his stereotypical accent, Martinez admitted, "The accent is merely a grandiloquent affectation,an homage to the dialect of my Dominican bretheren." Boston police arrested Martinez, but released him when they realized who he was. "We'd be wicked stupid to put him in jail," said Sgt. Darby O'Gill. "So what if he broke a few bones, detached a kid's retina, and hit a pregnant lady in the belly? Go Sox!" Major League Baseball has suspended Martinez for 10 days, pending appeal. Martinez will begin serving the suspension on December 10, 2024. |
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