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Pedro, Carlos and Omar

ScarletKnight41 Mar 22 2006 07:58 PM

I'm about halfway through Adam Rubin's book. For the most part it's review for me, although there are some interesting tidbits I didn't know before. I can't believe that there hasn't been more buzz about Rubin's intimation that the real reason behind the Kazmir trade was management's suspicion that Kazmir smoked pot as a minor leaguer. Also, Jim Duquette feels that the Devil Rays misled him about Victor Zambrano's health, which implies that he did not do enough independent due diligence before pulling the trigger on that deal. Who else is reading this book?

Edgy DC Mar 22 2006 08:04 PM

Was Kazzy allegedly high when he allegedly wrecked the alleged car? And isn't it hilarious that KC had him pegged as a stoner the first time he saw a picture of the kid as a high school senior?

Yancy Street Gang Mar 22 2006 08:08 PM

I finished it a couple of weeks ago. It was a breezy read and, like you said, some interesting tidbits. I'm not sure it was a book that "needed" to be written, though. As seasons go, the 2005 Mets were interesting enough to follow as a fan, but I don't think it really merited a book.

ScarletKnight41 Mar 22 2006 08:57 PM

Edgy DC wrote: And isn't it hilarious that KC had him pegged as a stoner the first time he saw a picture of the kid as a high school senior? I had forgotten that, but yes - that is funny!

Frayed Knot Mar 22 2006 10:26 PM

Amazon finally shipped it to me the other day (ordered a month ago). I'm part way through it.

ScarletKnight41 Mar 25 2006 08:31 PM

I concur with Yancy's review. I enjoyed it well enough, but 2005 wasn't a season that was screaming to be written about. That said, I'm starting Believeniks! next....

metirish Mar 28 2006 01:00 PM

This book is just OK, nothing mind blowing, not that I was expecting that,around page 99/100 he goes on about Beltran visiting a church in Houston with Anderson, but who is that, Marlon Anderson?

SI Metman Mar 30 2006 11:25 PM

Yep it was Marlon. I just read past that part and am up to the collision.

martin Apr 05 2006 04:32 AM

i figure we already knew most of the anecdotes in the book, being hardcore fans and all. but i was glad to see that pedro made reference to my favorite subway commercial in the book: "you gonna finish that?" i havent seen that commercial in a long time, but i still recite the lines to myself regularly. "its alot of meat!"

OlerudOwned Apr 08 2006 08:34 PM

If they really traded Kazmir because he liked to light a doob every now and then, my head might blow up. At least they got a few good years out of Gooden, and he spent his whole life in a snowblind. At worst, Kazmir would've lost his entire bone mass or became an accordian person like on those annoying TV PSAs.

cooby Apr 13 2006 09:11 PM

This one is much better, so far it's mostly about Pedro, whom I adore, so I think I will like this one. Thank god I decided to read it after starting (and stopping) that other piece of crap.

mlbaseballtalk Apr 16 2006 02:19 AM

OlerudOwned wrote: If they really traded Kazmir because he liked to light a doob every now and then, my head might blow up. At least they got a few good years out of Gooden, and he spent his whole life in a snowblind. At worst, Kazmir would've lost his entire bone mass or became an accordian person like on those annoying TV PSAs. What, it wasn't because Senator Al hated his choice of music? Ahh why do we still care about that trade? Oh right, Zambrano is still here...

Frayed Knot Dec 02 2006 09:05 AM

This book [url=http://www.amazon.com/Pedro-Carlos-Omar-Rebirth-York/dp/1599210657/sr=1-2/qid=1165067570/ref=sr_1_2/103-2788183-1748624?ie=UTF8&s=books]is now out[/url] (as of like yesterday) in paperback as: [u:f4a311a312]Pedro, Carlos (and Carlos) and Omar[/u:f4a311a312] doing a common paperback thing and adding onto the original with a new chapter or three on whatever updates that have occured since the hardcover's publication.

Yancy Street Gang Dec 21 2006 09:19 AM

I suspect that the update is probably as unnecessary as the original book was.