Dale and Holley Opening Segment

Say whatever you want about Pedro Martinez which you cannot say. Is that he doesn't have a flair for the dramatic and a feel for the moment. I mean it was drama it was fun to watch it didn't come out quite the way those of us who don't like the Yankees all that much would like you to come out but it was sure fun for awhile and.

Martz is just a smart guy knows how to pitch. You know you think about Pedro from and we talked about yesterday a -- need to you think about Pedro from 99. 2000. -- can throw. In the mid ninety's. And and and we thought that was part of the reason he was so dominant because the heat through so Harden can and had a number of pitches that he could locate. On a dime. That was part of that. Because in a couple years later when he goes through an injury and probably. Was on the verge of having rotator cuff surgery had a torn rotator -- There's still came back and and had dominant seasons but just what that in in a different form. We understood where everybody was saying all along that Pedro Martinez. Was -- Dominican Greg Maddux. With the booster. And -- could do better to Greg. Yeah. Act that day when it was 95 not 88 yet another look at arm I -- look at them last night. -- just it was just a smart Joba pitch and that's why I couldn't have. Disagree with Ken Rosenthal more yesterday when he said. -- at third innings five runs for Pedro that's -- that sleep audited -- Pedro would be able to get through that lineup that had admitted in and it didn't know how to pitch. Rosenthal would have been right if Pedro don't know how to pitch -- vote right Pakistan because went to said that. Made it sound like you can Rosenthal to know how to pitch.

And he night not for all we know right I'm not and it's epic to allow while not like we couldn't tell Iowa. It it you know for -- you thought you might be able to figure out a way to pull it off yet. Now don't get me wrong and because they they Mark Teixeira home run was not a cheap right field home run -- Yankee Stadium.

It was a bomb what was the most impressive part of that home run while leading up to that -- what was most impressive. I don't know I'm not sure which you don't with Tim McCarver. Of -- called yeah in the first inning the first or second inning he said if there's a game. Mark Teixeira can break out. This is this the breakout game against Pedro because guys like to pitch him inside with with hard fastballs. And Pedro can't do that right. And he said so yeah I pitch was outside and get out to raise senator tries to coincide autumn. That's going to be a problem he can't get Teixeira out that way and then you know if you and a few innings later. Pedro hits a home run and on their a lot of McCarver haters out there that. Frank well -- that he ended up looking foolish on the Derek Jeter -- bonds or not situation luck but. When a guy talks -- much it's kind of like a shortstop who gets a lot of chances when you talk that much -- got -- gonna happen got to make some errors because -- handling the ball all the time -- point guard. Who's who's always. Who's in the game and for for 4345. Minutes handling the ball you probably are gonna have 45 turnovers could pass the ball so much and he talks all the time. But you particularly if they hit his body of work not bad.

Now. Like the Mets silly home run was what I kinda feared out of the you know I don't how we hit it on and I don't know how he squared it up -- copy shoe tops. There's a good laugh outright Vlad Guerrero -- it definitely was it's like what -- the -- were all good yet. You know but it was one of those cheap Yankee Stadium right field home runs. What I feared would happen to Pedro didn't he did give up the two home runs the left handers. But the one that Teixeira was a blast would have been out anywhere. He did give up one cheap home run but I knew it wasn't the deciding factor in -- solo. You know he eat he did he did pretty much everything he could do. I'd love to know and I am and still which we're having computer issues but. Her I know I -- I refuse that. I I would be very curious if he talked about what was said to him is he was coming off the mound that cause the -- Somebody had to have gotten really creative right. Because you know it you're coming off your your trailing -- like in your mind is not to laugh but somebody got a laugh as he was going off I'd love to know what was said. No I don't -- what would it seem almost weird Emmys and he's the he's walking off slowly to begin with it's almost as though he speech showing them. You don't scare me you know you don't intimidate me and then I'll said he just he almost like laugh and her smile and I'm thinkin' what somebody says it'll.

Obviously that the American sweep anymore. At that guests on your part I still. I still like the chances. Of the Philadelphia Phillies that it realizes that they. They've lost game -- when -- in the playoffs and lose game -- lost game two last year right the World Series and then won three straight games. They -- they they lost game two against the Dodgers came back to win that theories against game two with the top on form but they got the split on the road. Which is exactly what they were looking for I mean obviously you think 011 win both games and now I'm probably the only person. Popular when. All four games. But it years if you don't have home field advantage -- you go in and you split the first two games. They're pretty good shape. --

The union. If I'm if I'm the Phillies the thing that bothers me a little bit is I got the dazzling performances from my pictures I mean. In include please Casey could pitch better -- an mpeg gross case I probably couldn't have expected more. And I only got a split. You know my first two pitchers did everything they could do and I got a split out of that if if on the Phillies that's probably.

Sir how do you think god -- think that way in the regular season not in the World Series and and in the bottom line is the Yankees scored four runs and two games should not be a problem. The score four runs. Yeah I'm so two runs again my guess is you know with Cole Hamels up next they'll score more. Based on how he's pitched well delta -- more but. You know the Phillies are gonna score more to.

Look I have to begrudgingly give credit where credit is due 'cause I'm not an AJ Burnett guy. Oh boy he was good last night -- like in Toronto it and I had --

A volatile like I've always liked his ability maybe he's been. He's like the J. D. Drew pictures. Where you say. The talent he's got so much ability in you always expect more. Because you see Paula although all of the talent that he has right. But now he's he's. It is extremely gifted pitcher whatever the pitch he made last night to Jimmy Rollins. I don't think there were three guys in baseball can make a pitch like that in the ball was. Eight it was eight it was on a certain plane for awhile and it seemed to drop. Five feet. At the last moment.

It was Al -- what do you what do they call -- the the snap dragon are some -- unreal I mean this stuff is crazy. Well and and we've heard Beckett talk about that in the past about the stop that AJ Burnett has. I've always thought that he was a guy who was kind of plague with the problem of having that. The million dollar arm in the ten cent head that's what have always thought of AJ Burnett. Little soft. You know not not hard -- not that. Not that tough mental Pedro Martinez. Mariano Rivera type thing but he was great last night and and you know. Ayman Al -- pitcher but he was a really good.

They gave their first win their first and only one of the series after -- some may be may I got a text from Illinois without being consolation prize -- there was no -- no sex -- I'll wait for it but dead I didn't see you know sweet plus one or some like through ban but they're gonna put off. No chance well and it was this point I will say this it was. It was plodding through the first three innings seemed to take forever to get three innings out of the way and then a pretty good baseball game. You know it if if you're not one of those people who has to see every game -- 87. It was pretty uninteresting in just the next three games will the next few the next yeah definitely a lot more often -- high scoring games. And I think your problem.

Any you know you said earlier in if you're the Yankees are if you if you're the Phillies are concerned. That the yet to great performances too great pitching performances and in only got a split. Well. Did it against the Yankees. A Yankee Stadium. That's the positive your right. -- four runs in two games at Yankee Stadium where where all it takes is a pretty nice live all right field. And you -- and got a 5050 genetic more than 5050 got a 75% chance to get home run on that yeah. And they shut down that lineup over to over two --

I'll warn you right off the bat that we've got to shuffle things around little bit here today. I know that you know it's kind of appointment radio for many of you that 1202 on Fridays that's when you listen to Peter King. Peters got some travel issues today so we've very happily agreed to move them up. -- he's gonna join us in just few minutes here -- and we're gonna talk to Peter 1020. Not at 1202 was we normally do. I'm scheduled to talk to the with the patriots players a little bit later on the program but will do a lot of baseball today. I imagine we'll talks in basketball and -- and some hockey as well as people see fit and needless to say the World Series which I think a lot of folks are watching in this town I'll be curious to see what the numbers are. The Celtics home opener the other night did box office business highest rated celtics' home opener in in since they were taking TV ratings in this town. Huge number. I would guess that the Bruins game last night probably suffered a little Britain comparison of the World Series. Probably suffered a lot I -- I'm just guessing now is gone back and forth as best they couldn't. Unfortunately solid -- with ninety seconds left the boss that. But but I would guess that if you were sitting at home and you were trying to decide what to gonna watch last night if you're a die hard Bruins then that's where you war. But if you were just those sports and looking for again maybe he -- and Pedro and you're watching him he's thrown -- worlds theory is -- today it just it it had everything that you might button. I think folks enjoyed -- a lot let's let's take a very quick 92 break. Let's talk to Peter King ninety seconds from now dale and -- Sports Radio WEEI.