Monday, December 20, 2004
NELSON, FREE AGENT
So much for Nelson having a chance with Anna Benson.
New York Daily News
Who's your dwarf?
Pedro's humble hombre opts
for free agency after snub
BY JOSE MARTINEZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Pedro Martinez has got a wee bit of explaining to do.
A big snub by the Mets' new ace toward his little sidekick has left 28-inch-tall Nelson de la Rosa steaming-mad - and vowing to stick with the Boston Red Sox rather than turn into a Mini-Met.
"He broke my heart," de la Rosa told the Daily News yesterday. "That's not right what he said about me."
At his introductory press conference last week, Martinez laughed off the Dominican dwarf's role as a good-luck charm during Boston's curse-breaking World Series run, saying, "That was just a trick."
Then he really set off his little buddy by scooping up a midget who showed up to blast de la Rosa as a "palm-sized pipsqueak."
"That little guy just wants to be famous," said de la Rosa, 37, who once starred in a movie alongside Hollywood heavyweight Marlon Brando. "Well, I'm already famous."
Martinez and de la Rosa have not spoken since they rode on a float together during the Red Sox victory parade.
Screw you, Pedro.
Nelson is the man.
This will not be debated.
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