Pedro: La Historia de Mi Vida / Pedro (Paperback) by Pedro Martinez, Michael Silverman

9781644730645. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: Spanish. Pages: 376. Text in Spanish. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 376 p. Del gran lanzador, campe�n de la Serie Mundial, miembro del Sal�n de la Fama, invitado ocho veces al Juego de las Estrellas y ganador del Premio Cy Young en tres ocasiones, llegan estas memorias.

Pedro Mart�nez nos cuenta sobre su vida y carrera, desde una ni�ez pobre en Rep�blica Dominicana hasta convertirse en uno de los mejores lanzadores de todos los tiempos... y uno de los m�s intimidantes.

Con el humor pintoresco que lo caracteriza, Pedro Mart�nez cuenta su extraordinaria historia: desde sus d�as en las ligas menores esforz�ndose por ganarse el respeto de sus compa�eros y sus primeros d�as en el solitario Montreal, hasta su legendaria carrera con los Red Sox de Boston.

Estas memorias de una de las figuras m�s enigm�ticas y emblem�ticas del b�isbol inspirar�n a generaciones de fan�ticos.

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"Mi compadre tiene la fuerza y el carisma para inspirar. As� como lo hizo conmigo en el inicio de mi carrera, lo har� con todo el que lea este libro".-- VLADIMIR GUERRERO, Expelotero dominicano de Grandes Ligas, Jugador M�s Valioso de la Liga Americana en 2004, miembro del Sal�n de la Fama Nacional del B�isbol de Estados Unidos y del Sal�n de la Fama del B�isbol Canadiense

"Hay muy poco que este campe�n de la Serie Mundial no cuenta en este libro; se expande sobre cualquier tema, y ofrece una mirada reveladora de una carrera llamativa... Los detalles �ntimos que comparte Mart�nez desde dentro y fuera de la casa club hacen de este un libro �nico". -
WASHINGTON POST

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

From the eight-time All-Star and three-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, a bold, no-holds-barred memoir of his career, from his hardscrabble upbringing in the Dominican Republic to becoming one of the greatest pitchers of all time.

Pedro Martinez entered the big leagues a scrawny power pitcher with a lightning arm who they said wasn't "durable" enough, who they said was a punk. Yet Martinez willed himself to become one of the most intimidating pitchers to have ever played the game, an eight-time All-Star, three-time Cy Young Award winner, World Series champion, and Hall of Famer.

In Pedro, the always colorful pitcher opens up to tell his remarkable story. From his days in the minor leagues clawing for respect; to his early days in lonely Montreal; to his legendary run with the Red Sox when, start after start, he dazzled with his pitching genius; to his twilight years on the mound as he put the finishing touches on a body of work that made him an icon, this memoir by one of baseball's most enigmatic figures will entertain and inspire generations of fans to come.

"Pedro the book is as smart, as funny, and as diva-esque as Pedro the pitcher . . . Buy the book. Read the book. Celebrate a golden era in Boston baseball." --Boston Globe

"There is little the eight-time All-Star holds back about any subject as he offers a revealing look at a colorful career . . . The intimate details Martinez offers up from both inside and outside the clubhouse make the book a winner." --Washington Post

"This is the beauty of this book, the machinations of a modern pitcher's mind . . . Knowing and gritty, this memoir should've been printed on rawhide." --Los Angeles Times