Pedro's Return to Boston

Someone asked me what I thought about Pedro's return the other day--and, honestly, it was a bit sad. I guess I agree with this. As an American League fan, I don't watch many national league games. Wednesday night was the first time I had watched Pedro pitch a whole game in another uniform.

What really struck me was the brief footage of his first Red Sox start, when he was throwing a change-up with break measured in feet rather than inches. When I was a kid, Joe's dad (and others) would talk about Koufax's curve ball as the most ridiculous thing they had ever seen--I'm pretty sure that Pedro's change-up will become equally legendary in my baseball memory. After the flashback, I watched Pedro throw a few change-ups. Still good, still got late movement, but clearly no longer immortal.

All in all, it was a good night. The Red Sox won, Beckett looked great, the Celtics might have gotten a point guard (and got rid of LaFrentz). But, still, seeing Pedro in a different uniform and a different light was a bit offsetting.