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Getty ImagesKevin Appier and Dave Mlicki didn't have great Mets careers, but both were great vs. the Yankees.In honor of Jonathon Niese's fine work on Monday and Matt Harvey pitching on Tuesday, it seems like a good time to look back at the best pitc...

Yu Darvish let loose a rare display of emotion during Sunday's win, a game in which his performance was equally as rare.

Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports Jordany Valdespin celebrates with teammates after the first walk-off grand slam by a Met in 22 years. FIRST PITCH: David Wright had a game-tying two-out single in the ninth that plated Mike Baxter and Jordany Valdespin ...

After an outstanding 17-year career as a player, Moises Alou is finding immediate success as a general manager in the Dominican Republic.

John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger/US Presswire Is this the last season we'll get to watch MLB's all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera? Yankees closer Mariano Rivera plans to announce this weekend that 2013 will be his final season in the majors. If th...

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are still very much formidable. But neither heads into Indian Wells as one of the best two players in the world.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The names on the list are Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan and ... Max Scherzer. Now here's the category: Name the four qualifying starting pitchers in American League history who have averaged at least 11 str...

This is another follow-up to a debate that arose in a recent chat session: Which pitcher had the best five-year peak? With Sandy Koufax having spent time at Dodgers camp this spring it seems like a perfect time for a list, doesn't it? Well, I c...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Good morning from the Fort, where it promises to be a beauty, the kind of day that Pedro Martinez would write a sonnet about, if his attentions were occupied less by Daniel Bard than by the Bard. As you may have seen in my posted ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It doesn't matter if he's pitching or lobbing balls to fungo-hitting Bob Kipper in the bullpen during pitchers' fielding drills. It's still an event when Pedro Martinez talks. It was no different Monday, when Martinez made anot...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Pedro Martinez has been here. So has Jason Varitek. Now, John Farrell says, Tim Wakefield will be coming to camp. Can Johnny Damon and the rest of the Class of 2004 be far behind? Wakefield, who has been primarily working on...

Pedro Martinez brings his magic touch back to Boston as a special assistant.

John Capella/Getty Images Pedro Martinez is now a Red Sox executive. Ex-Met Pedro Martinez is joining the Boston Red Sox as a special assistant to GM Ben Cherington. "I am thrilled to be returning to this organization and to the city I love,...

The Boston Red Sox on Thursday announced that former ace Pedro Martinez is returning to the organization as a special assistant to general manager Ben Cherington. Martinez joins former battery-mate Jason Varitek in that capacity with the team and...

Pedro Martinez rejoins the Red Sox as a special assistant to GM Ben Cherington.

Rubby De La Rosa learned his changeup from Pedro. Let's hope the lesson sticks.