The Producer's Perspective: Pedro Martinez Gets the Call

As a New York Yankees die-hard from birth, I’m still licking my wounds from this week’s ALCS sweep by the Houston Astros. So no, I'm not here to talk about how lifeless the Yankees were in that short-lived series, but to revisit a different— yet still gut wrenching—one from a decade ago.

It pains me to articulate how much I enjoyed our conversation with famed Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martínez. He recently spoke to David Greene for our show, In the Moment, about the 2004 season, when he helped lead the Boston Red Sox to win their first World Series in 86 years, breaking the infamous “Curse of the Bambino.” 

A tale as old as time, Yankees vs. Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS. You probably know the story, which has been repeated to the point that it’s nearly become a myth: After the Yanks took the first three games of the series, the Red Sox stormed back, winning three in a row for the first time in MLB history. Soon it was a do-or-die Game 7 in The Bronx, and the Sox were up 7-2 in the seventh inning. That’s when the Red Sox unexpectedly put Martínez on the mound, with nothing less than the fate of the season on the line.

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