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Red Sox have job waiting for Pedro Martinez
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11:01 AM ET 11.04 | Pedro Martinez and David Ortiz were headed to dinner Saturday night, a day after Ortiz and the Red Sox zeroed in on a two-year deal. Down the road, Martinez himself could rejoin the Red Sox as an instructor. He's talked to the club about it. "We've had discussions," general manager Ben Cherington said Saturday. "He knows there is a role waiting for him when the time is right for him." Martinez, who spent Saturday afternoon at the Greater Boston Sports Collectors Club convention, often speaks of how much he enjoys his post-playing life. He didn't get to retire with the Red Sox -- he said he might have retired if the Sox lost the 2004 World Series -- but he thinks Ortiz will now get that chance. Martinez and Ortiz are very close friends, and in terms of contract negotiations, Martinez believes the Sox got it right this time. "I think it's great," Martinez said of Ortiz's impending deal. "I think it's really smart for the Red Sox to actually start the new year with something positive. I did congratulate David and we're supposed to meet later on, to actually maybe go to dinner." To Martinez, Ortiz's still unannounced two-year, $26 million deal was proof the Red Sox are making the right moves.
Pedro Martinez, Jared Wickerham/Getty Images
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instructor or as a manager/or as a hitting coach and pedro speciality pitching coach, those red sox are thin in the top demanded spot and coaches are hard to find now days,,,,
alacran
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pedro would fit perfectly in the pitching side, he could be fine in any team either as a coach or as a manager!!!!
alacran
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I hope Papi bought dinner with that contract!!!!!
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curt schilling and pedro martiez even gregg maddux would do a great job as a manager or as a pitching coach,,,
alacran
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Pedro is da man!
Hoos Your Daddy
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Let's go Red Sox!!!!!!
clemtheslowson
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<this brings back echos of bad memories>
clemtheslowson
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BRB.....
clemtheslowson
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He won a lifetime supply of ketchup packets. That has to be worth something.
williewilliejuan
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Howdy, Cat. How goes it on this fine Sunday afternoon?
williewilliejuan
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No problem.
clemtheslowson
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Making the little woman some dinner. I'll be in and out for a few.
Crap. Got to check the laundry. BRB.
clemtheslowson
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Are you scared? Do you need someone to comfort you?
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