The one-two punch of Johan Santana and Pedro Martinez ended prematurely yesterday evening when cockfighting Petey turned up gimp on the mound after suffering a hamstring injury, sidelining the Dominican star for an unspecified time. Do we hear weeping in New York City today? That’s a shame because it’s supposed to be 55 degrees and sunny. It could be mischievous of us to imply this to be a disaster, so we’ll go ahead and call it just that. Pedro Martinez, being out for the New York Mets with injury, is a disaster. That’s it. All over. No World Series. Nada. Poof. All of it. We kid.

“We’ll see how it plays out,” Randolph said. “Hopefully, it’s nothing real serious. But any time a pitcher pulls a hamstring, you’ve got to get it checked out and quiet it down a little bit.”

Martinez exited after throwing a 72 mph curveball to Treanor. It was Martinez’s 57th pitch on a cool, overcast evening that saw the 36-year-old labor from the outset.

As Treanor grounded the pitch to third, Martinez grimaced in pain, grabbing his hamstring first before reaching for his groin as he hopped off the mound.

He’ll probably be back next week after a solvent is concocted from sheep’s blood and rooster testicles and the New York Mets’ clubhouse Shaman rids Pedro’s hammy from evil spirits. Oh wait, that’s Pedro Cerrano. Pedro Martinez will be injected with Cortisone shots and testosterone.

Martinez hammy strain a debut downer [NY Post]
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