Friday, July 15, 2005
Without Pedro Factor, Rivalry Lacks Charisma;
Tek says that Sox Staff Lacks Competitive Edge:
"'We still have a good clubhouse here (dismissing off-season changes and recent reports of dissension in the ranks). So many core guys are here, it makes the transition for the new guys easier, but what you can't replace is a Pedro Martinez on your pitching staff, the competitive edge he brought.
People said and assumed a lot of things about Pedro when he was here, but all I know is that I learned more about baseball from him from the pitching side than I could have from anyone else. Everything else was Pedro being Pedro, one of the many characters on this team."
-Tek on Pedro
