A Philly Natural

At the very least, Pedro will provide the combativeness that Brett Myers took with him to the DL.

"'It could be my mom standing up there with a bat. And if I have to knock her off the plate, I would. So don't confuse that.'

How can you not love that? Even better if he drills Carlos Beltran.

But Martinez seems to have no doubt that he is going to 'fall in love' with these people, or that he can make them fall in love with him. [writes Jayson Stark]

'I think we'll have a lot of fun,' he said, 'because they seem to be really wild -- and I'm a little out there, too.'"