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Ace in a hole: years of overuse have left Pedro Martinez, the king of mound two years ago, at a crossroads in his career. (Baseball).
The pen is out of ink. Pedro Martinez, signing autographs at the Red Sox training complex in Fort Myers, Fla., shakes the instrument with his right hand, trying to get it working. Immediately, a fan goes into a near-panic.
"Shake the pen for him!" he cries out from the back of the crowd. "We don't want him to hurt his shoulder!"
Just as pens go dry, pitching arms do, too. Martinez, 30, won three Cy Young Awards in a four-year stretch before shoulder trouble sidelined him last season, leaving his career at a crossroads. He might never again dominate a season from start to finish. Unless changes are made--by the Red Sox and by Martinez himself--one of the ...
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