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Pedro Martinez appears to want to add an asterisk to the New York Yankees’ 2009 World Series championship over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Martinez, who picked up the losses in Game 2 and in the decisive Game 6, revealed to the Philadelphia Inquirer in a story published Sunday that the team was battling swine flu at the time.
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“It wasn’t told, but most of us were sick,” he said. “Some of the guys had swine flu and had to be kept away. I caught some of the virus. We would just never say it. When I got home, I realized that I was really sick.”
Martinez said Game 6 is when he really felt off.
“I had a little bit of an asthma attack in the middle of the game and I was having a hard time breathing,” he told the newspaper. “I was really sick. In any other situation, I wouldn’t be out there. But the team needed me. I held on as long as I could and I did that. I was really proud to have my last game with the Phillies at Yankee Stadium.”
In his final year in the majors, Martinez finished with a 3.63 ERA in nine starts and had 37 strikeouts. However, the Yankees lit Martinez up for seven runs in 10 innings in the World Series.
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New York won the series, 4-2, to capture its 27th World Series championship.
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