not a good day for petey

so on the same day that Pedro is annoited #32 on NYC's most loathsome list (http://nypress.com/18/13/news&columns/50most.cfm), he tells the sox to keep his ring (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3523312). i still adore him, but see how so many people absolutely despise him...

32. Pedro MartinezPitcher, New York Mets
The Yankees may be his daddy, but the Mets are most definitely his bitch. The mercurial, ferret-looking, 33-year-old crybaby duped the Mets to the tune of $53 million into thinking he's an eight-inning pitcher still capable of producing anything but mediocre numbers and gel stains on his pillow. Pedro can still throw hard, but it's obvious his days of dominance are behind him. According to the Daily News, New Mets GM Omar Minaya wanted to bring a high-profile Dominican player to the franchise in the hopes that future prospects would mimic the fading star and join the Mets. But one Dominican has already declared he will stay far away form the Mets. Twenty-eight-inch-tall Nelson de la Rosa, the miniature former actor who befriended and joined Martinez in the clubhouse after several key Red Sox victories last season has already distanced himself after Pedro reportedly called de La Rosa a "palm-sized pipsqueak." The tiny Dominican, heartbroken, vowed never to follow Martinez's career again. Let the mighty Mets midget curse begin.