Great game last night.  I was especially impressed by Chan Ho Park and his beard coming in and getting Manny Ramirez and Matt Kemp out with the tying run on second base in the bottom of the 7th.  It’s going to be Pedro in Game 2, and another good game should rub a little bit more salt on the already deep and rotting wounds of Mets fans.  From ESPN:

Martinez is scheduled to pitch at Dodger Stadium on Friday. The 37-year-old right-hander made his major league debut with the Dodgers in 1992 and also played for Los Angeles in 1993 before he was traded to the Montreal Expos for Delino DeShields.

That DeShields trade worked out pretty awesome for the Dodgers.

Watching Pedro pitch – even at 37 – is exciting, because he’s always got a chance to go out there and dominate.  Pedro hasn’t been so great since his 8 shutout innings against (of course) the Mets on September 13, but Manuel seems to like him in the Dodgers’ home park.  Pedro seems excited about the start, too.

“It’s going to be special, especially bringing back memories about my start here,” Martinez said before Game 1 on Thursday night. “I was born in this place, and I hope this is not the last one that I pitch here, but if it is, it would be a great joy to actually do it in the same place I started.”

It would be a great joy – for me – if Mariano Duncan charged Pedro after Pedro threw a pitch up and in to Andre Either and Pedro simply side-stepped him, causing Duncan to crumble to the ground, his dignity left in the dugout.  The LA press would have a field day, accusing Pedro of picking on an old man when all he actually did was defend himself and let the old man’s momentum carry him to the ground.  But something like that would never happen.