[Jim Porter]

It's amazing to me how many people are sure Pedro was head hunting despite the total lack of common sense in such a charge. There were runners on 2nd and 3rd in the ALCS. That's not the time to throw a beanball. The batter ducks then a run scores moving the other runner to third. That just makes absolutely no baseball sense whatsoever. I believe firmly that he threw inside and it got away from him.

Everyone likes to condemn Pedro, but no one says anything about Karim's Garcia's rolling block slide into Todd Walker's knees. That was the dirtiest tactic I've seen on a baseball diamond since the early 80's.

The threat of ending Todd Walker's career wasn't enough retaliation for the Yankess. Jose Contreras, who makes his money keeping the ball down, also threw a pitch at Kevin Millar's head in that same game. No one mentions that either. It's all Pedro, Pedro, Pedro, and Manny, Manny, Manny. Enough already.