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With Pedro Martinez starting tonight, and the day still young, I felt it was worth reprising his colorful press conference from yesterday. There's truly something captivating about Martinez, besides him being one of the best (if not the best) pitcher of our generation.

Here's the comments from yesterday. Lots more later on:

Pedro Martinez says he's "older and wiser," but he remains very entertaining. Check out these money quotes from his meeting with the media. Warning, he pulled no punches taking shots at the scribes.

"Because of you guys in some ways, I might be at times the most influential player that ever stepped in Yankee Stadium. I can honestly say that. I mean, I have been a big fan of baseball for a long time, since I was a kid. My first ball I ever got from a Big League player