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0|0|0|||1||Red Sox retiring %2345|Gryphon||22:15:17|06/23/2015|On the occasion of his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month%2C %5Blink%3Awww.overthemonster.com%2F2015%2F6%2F22%2F8825581%2Fred-sox-to-retire-pedro-martinez-number%7Cthe Boston Red Sox will be retiring the number worn by pitcher Pedro Mart%26iacute%3Bnez%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0APedro was the superstar of the Sox during my first period of baseball fandom%2C in the mid-to-late %2790s.  In 1997 or %2798%2C I had the privilege of sitting in a tiny%2C hard seat in Fenway Park and watching him completely annihilate the Minnesota Twins in a game that had no strategic significance%2C but was immensely satisfying as a spectator experience.  A few years later%2C I gave his fictional descendant Consuela the honor of terminating the Toronto Raiders of the Galactic League in the last game of the 2404 World Series%2C in the very first %5Bi%5DSymphony of the Sword%5B%2Fi%5D story%2C %5Bi%5DWounded Rose%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AI can%27t say for certain that I gave Coco jersey number 46 because I assumed even then that the Sox would be retiring %2345%2C but I%27d like to think I did. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Red Sox retiring %2345|Phantom||13:40:03|06/24/2015|That is really cool%21%0D%0ACongrats to Pedro%2C he deserves it%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%22When you have eliminated the %0D%0Aimpossible%2C whatever remains%2C %0D%0Ahowever improbable%2C must be the %0D%0Atruth.%22 - Sherlock Holmes