Cowboy up (and went home)

To paraphrase Humphrey Bogart, it doesn't take much to see that problems of a starting pitcher and his ballclub don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world, except, of course, when the starting pitcher is Pedro Martinez and the ballclub is the Boston Red Sox.

It appears that Martinez left the ballpark before the end of Boston's Opening Day loss to the Orioles. In the greater scheme of things, it really is of no consequence, but if I were on the Red Sox team, I wouldn't be happy about it, whatever the reasons for Martinez' early departure. I hate it when players on our team leave the game, then pack their bags and head on home before everything is over, and that's just a Sunday afternoon amateur league. If you're going to drink the champagne when the team comes through with a huge victory, then the least you can do is be around to take the loss with the rest of the guys.

Okay, it's the first week of the season and I'm ranting already, but Pedro is one of those players who has the ability to get me worked up for very little reason.

Rant over - back to baseball...