The Boston Red Sox on Thursday announced that former ace Pedro Martinez is returning to the organization as a special assistant to general manager Ben Cherington. Martinez, who joins former catcher Jason Varitek in that capacity, said he plans on spending a lot of time helping to develop players and collaborating with team brbutt. "I've been away long enough now," Martinez said Thursday. "I spent time with my family, and now the situation is right. I think they need people like me that could probably relate to the players, relate to the front office, have the good communication and the interest that they need right now. I think the players still see me as a player and they can naturally communicate with me. I'm also a veteran, a real old veteran and I think I can offer some advice how to handle different situations." In particular, Martinez will spend time mentoring young pitchers. "I love to teach. I love to deal with the players," he said. "I have a very good relationship with the players and I'm also fun. I like to have and I think they need a little bit of that in the clubhouse." Source: ESPN
Now he can finally teach young pitchers how to properly throw elderly people to the ground and make it look like it's their fault.
Dude, if an old bastard is running at me I'm going to grab that hecker by the ears and throw his dumb butt to the ground. Smart move. Great way to connect to the latino community.
