December 20, 2004
NELSON STAYS WITH THE SOX!
From New York Daily News -
Who's your dwarf?
BY JOSE MARTINEZ
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.
While de la Rosa keeps snapshots of him with his much larger amigo during happier times, he angrily huffs and waves his infant-sized hands at the mere mention of the hurler's name. "I wanted him to stay with Boston, but that's his decision," he said.
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Who's your dwarf?
BY JOSE MARTINEZ
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.
While de la Rosa keeps snapshots of him with his much larger amigo during happier times, he angrily huffs and waves his infant-sized hands at the mere mention of the hurler's name. "I wanted him to stay with Boston, but that's his decision," he said.
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