I finally get to hang my Pedro Martinez jacket

Juliet’s great story and request for some help (burn some sage, maybe?) about her cursed Pedro Martinez bobblehead inspired me to tell my own story about a Pedro keepsake I’ll always treasure.

I think the moratorium on me getting in trouble sharing this story is over, so let’s ride. First, a lot of background.

From 2018-19, I worked two seasons as a Media Manager for Major League Baseball. Graveyard shifts from 6pm to at least 2am—one east coast game and one west coast game generally—helping to populate highlights in the Gameday app, as well as team websites and playlists. You see Thursday’s highlight “Liam Hendriks secures the win”? Yeah, my job was to come up with those names and tags and…