Only God knows why I didn't make it with the Mets, but yes, in a short period of time, I got the opportunity with the Phillies.
From Pedro Martinez
I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they're over here talking to me, getting an autograph.
My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.
You have to execute. You have to sacrifice your body.
I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.
Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.
I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected.
My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.
I'm open to play for anybody that would give me respect, treat me the right way, and actually going to make me feel comfortable.
I just try to do what I have to do and let the people out there do what they have to do, which is have fun, scream, yell and jump around. I try to do what I have to do, which is play baseball, and I can only play in that piece of area there, so that's what I try to do.
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