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Pedro Martinez shares the best 'Manny Being Manny' story ever

Published Apr. 30, 2015 11:55 p.m. ET

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By Mike Cole

Pedro Martinez has a book coming out, and if the excerpt is any indication, it’s going to be a treat.

The 2015 Hall of Fame inductee is set to release his book, “PEDRO,” on May 5. The autobiography, written with the Boston Herald’s Michael Silverman sure sounds like a must-read for all baseball fans but especially Boston Red Sox fans.

An excerpt for the book was released Thursday on SI.com, and it’s fantastic. In the excerpt, Martinez touches on his rivalry with the New York Yankees — including calling his toss of Don Zimmer in the 2003 ALCS the biggest regret of his career — and he also shares some stories about former Red Sox teammate Manny Ramirez.

“Manny was just a kid, one I wanted to take care of,” Martinez explains, via the SI.com excerpt. “On the road he sometimes was afraid to go to sleep by himself. He’d come up to my room, where Ortiz and some teammates and I would be hanging out. After a while we’d look over and there would be Manny, under my covers, fully dressed, snoring. I always had a suite with an extra bed, so I didn’t mind if he had a sleepover. That was just Manny being Manny.”

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