Pedro Martinez Don Zimmer
And while martinez is sorry he tossed don zimmer to the ground when the benches cleared during the.
Pedro martinez don zimmer. In his upcoming book pedro hall of fame pitcher pedro martinez discusses the yankees red sox brawl during game 3 of the 2003 alcs and his scuffle with new york s bench coach don zimmer. Fenway park game 3. Don zimmer kind of had it coming. Who should be waiting for him other than pedro martinez who grabbed the wild old man by his melon and threw him away like an old bologna sandwich.
The series between the boston red sox and arch rival new york yankees would go down to the wire with the yankees winning the seventh game on aaron boone s. Baseball icon don zimmer died wednesday night at age 83. Pedro martinez believes he might be the most influential player ever to perform in the bronx. Don zimmer one of the all time strange and disturbing moments in major league baseball history occurred in game three of the 2003 american league championship series.
With the yankees and red sox resuming their rivalry this weekend let s look back at the famous 2003 brawl during the alcs. Watch him try to fight pedro martinez in 2003 alcs by houston mitchell assistant sports editor. Revisiting pedro martinez throwing don zimmer to the ground in 2003 red sox yankees brawl steven kubitza 4 4 2020 as judge halts 2020 census wind down these are the states with lowest response rates. The yanks ultimately won the series in game 7 on an 11th inning walk off home run by aaron boone.
The sox had pedro martinez manny ramirez and david ortiz. That s when 72 year old yankees bench coach don zimmer who d managed the red sox from 1974 to 1980 charged out of the dugout like a bat out of hell.