Mike Piazza and Pedro Martinez both debuted for the Dodgers in September 1992, and while they didn’t stay teammates for all that long, they stayed connected. Just, you know, not in a really friendly way. From Pedro defending his brother Ramon, to Piazza wanting to earn more than Pedro, to a few beanings and a whole lot of jawing in the media, these two Hall of Famers kept the beef alive.
Oh yeah, and then they both wound up playing for the Mets.
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Yes, Piazza wasn't much of a cather behind the plate, but displayed awesome power as a batter. Pedro was a little controversial at times, but one of the finest pitchers of his era.
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Call the old woman from the Wendy's ad 'cause we found it.
A beefweb sounds delicious.
When Pedro hit Sanders that broke up a no hitter, one of the few accidental hbp he had
How about LeBron and Riley?
Clemens: 6-4, 205
Piazza: 6-3, 200
Mota: 6-6, 240 (!)
Mota was significantly bigger than Clemens (and Piazza)… But I can see why Pedro thought he was much smaller than that after watching him run away and hide in the dugout when Piazza charged the mound.
The 666th comment
Lol
Happy squashed beef
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Piazza is 100% right about the language. Learning how to speak English will help your team and your value. Look at the UFC there are rarely any stars that dont speak English
I still hate that the MLB had that strike because the Expos would and should still be in MTL. The strike hurt MLB but it killed the Expos.
3:52 that comment was passive aggressive IMO. It was straight up aggressive.
Meh. I would always pick Pedro over Piazza all day, everyday. One is among the most dominant pitchers of all time, the other was a great hitter with atrocious defense on base runners.
Pretty clear you don't like Piazza.
I love the Red Sox I never heard of this
Lol nobody likes Mike piazza
They both had there issues with the Yankees as well.
Nelson Doubleday signed Piazza to that large contract at the time. Fred Wilpon had no intentions of resigning him.
I remember being at Fenway Park and Pedro plunked Piazza.
The Mets won. The next night what's his from the Braves beat the Mets at Fenway Park. I watched both Hernandez and Pedro suffer back to back arm injuries against the Marlins at Shea. And I watched someone attempt to steal 3rd with no outs while beating the Phillies at Shea. I never looked at Jose the same way.
Team Piazza
Piazza is right. They should learn English by default once sent to the majors. It shouldn't be on the English speaking players in an English speaking country to be forced to learn Spanish.
It's like forcing all Americans to learn Spanish because our borders are wide open.
It Ridiculous.
Worst catcher ever no defense and couldn't hit to the opposite field lol Roger Clemens beaning him in the world series
Pedro all time great one of my favorites
I wouldn't ever pay Mike pizza a dollar garbage
Roger Clemens hated piazza
Piazza being a rich kid who got bought his draft spot saying there’s a Latin mlb conspiracy is wild
Pedro hitting Piazza in 1998 https://youtu.be/fjYHzACAoB4?t=376
Should’ve done Clemens vs Piazza or Pedro vs Posada
Forrest Gump:”Hmmm 🤔?… Pedro and Ramon brothers against Piazza … It must be hard being brothers 😐…..