...This comes from Mets.com:
Pedro Martinez has now ditched his cape. He might yet save the Mets, sure, but he still won't save the world. Even one of baseball's foremost braggarts has his limits.
"I'm no Superman," Martinez said. "I'm a human being like every other, and whatever I'm asked to do, I'm going to try to do. But I can't predict what I'm going to do. I can't just say that I'm going to pitch eight innings or go up there thinking I'm going to pitch eight perfect innings. It's impossible."
Still, he came close enough on Tuesday afternoon, tossing six shutout innings in a Minor League game behind Tradition Field. Martinez threw 80 pitches in all, walking none and striking out five. Most importantly, he escaped his final regular season tuneup with a clean bill of health -- something that he hasn't enjoyed in quite some time.
"If I'm healthy, I'm going to pitch," Martinez said. "And when I'm going to pitch, things are going to happen. When I'm out there in between the white lines, I'm pretty sure I can do things, and things are going to happen -- good or bad, I don't care what. It's going to happen, and that's my main concern. I'm going to work my butt off."
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