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Pedro Martinez In Awe Of Drew Rasumussen Following Near No-Hitter · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Tonight, what a performance. This is the closer on TBS
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  Speaker 1: presented by Genesis Motor America. Adam Lefkoe, Jimmy Rollins, Curtis Granderson,
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  Speaker 1: Pedro Martinez. What did we just witness? Greatness.
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  Speaker 2: Greatness. And one that really, really impressed me. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I've seen great games, but for this young man to
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  Speaker 2: do what he did against the Yankees today, first of all,
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  Speaker 2: I thought he was great in the clincher in New York.
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  Speaker 2: He did great. But my God, this performance really, really
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  Speaker 2: caught my attention. I really enjoyed everything he did. The
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  Speaker 2: way he located the fastball, the curveball, the slider, cutter, changeup.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he was literally perfect.
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  Speaker 3: Perfect.
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  Speaker 2: I did not see a pitch that wasn't purposely placed
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  Speaker 2: where it was. And I think the catcher did it.
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  Speaker 2: a great job at keeping his pace, keeping him moving
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  Speaker 2: the ball all around. I did not see a mislocation.
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  Speaker 2: That is really impressive. I'm really impressed with this young man.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what makes it our play of the night
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  Speaker 1: presented by Genesis Motor America. This performance by Rasmussen was special.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned that performance just a week or two ago.
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  Speaker 1: He took a no-hitter into the seventh against the Yankees.
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  Speaker 1: That means in his last 14 and two-thirds against the Yanks, Curtis,
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  Speaker 1: just two hits... 21 strikeouts, nearly perfect pace.
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  Speaker 3: And I think what's also impressive, he does it in
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  Speaker 3: Yankee Stadium. He comes back home, and as you heard
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  Speaker 3: him talking to Lauren, he was nervous. Here's a playoff
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  Speaker 3: game in front of this atmosphere and this crowd that
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  Speaker 3: he hasn't had all season long. How is he going
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  Speaker 3: to deliver? How is he going to stand up? And
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  Speaker 3: you saw what the Yankees did the previous matchup against
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  Speaker 3: the Red Sox. Is that the offense you're going to see?
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  Speaker 3: But as you can see right here, back on September
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  Speaker 3: 22nd and here tonight for Game 1, He was as
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  Speaker 3: cool and as calm. It didn't matter who was up
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  Speaker 3: there against him. He stayed in control and kept the
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  Speaker 3: Yankees hitters off balance all night.
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  Speaker 1: Jimmy, manager Cash was asked in the last week, who
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  Speaker 1: would be your comparison for Rasmussen? He said Roy Halladay.
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  Speaker 1: That was the last time we had a no-hitter in
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  Speaker 1: the postseason back in 2010. We saw that level this evening.
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  Speaker 4: We definitely did. And when you're playing behind a guy
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  Speaker 4: like that, you can tell from the first pitch of
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  Speaker 4: the game that he has it. Referencing Roy. The first
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  Speaker 4: pitch of the game, I looked over at Chase and
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  Speaker 4: I said, they have no chance. I didn't think they had,
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  Speaker 4: I wasn't thinking no hit, but I'm like, they have
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  Speaker 4: no chance. There's nothing they're going to do with this
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  Speaker 4: guy tonight. And the last few times he's faced the Yankees,
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  Speaker 4: if you're an infielder, middle infielder, you're looking at each
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  Speaker 4: other like, bro, our job is easy because he's going
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  Speaker 4: to dominate. You can see how the ball is coming
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  Speaker 4: out of his hand. You see where the catch is
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  Speaker 4: setting up. You see the swing and misses. You can
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  Speaker 4: see the hitters guessing and them not being on the
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  Speaker 4: right page. Everything he threw tonight, as Pedro said, was
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  Speaker 4: with intention. And if he missed, he missed, missed. It
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  Speaker 4: wasn't a miss for a mistake where they can bop one.
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  Speaker 4: He missed and he made the adjustment. Great job between
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  Speaker 4: the battery mace tonight. And when you're locked in like
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  Speaker 4: this as a pitcher, as a hitter, we know that.
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  Speaker 4: We hope that this is the only time we're going
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  Speaker 4: to see you. If this series goes on, they'll get
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  Speaker 4: him again. But they have no chance. They didn't have
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  Speaker 4: a chance in September. They didn't have a chance in October.
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  Speaker 4: Hats off to that young man.
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  Speaker 1: What a story as well. Lauren brought up the three
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  Speaker 1: arm surgeries he had also this year in April. They
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  Speaker 1: had a daughter that had complications that had him in
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  Speaker 1: the hospital for 10 days. Through all of that, he
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  Speaker 1: battled through. He said, this has been my best year
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  Speaker 1: on the field, but it's probably been one of the
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  Speaker 1: hardest years of my life personally. Battling all of that
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  Speaker 1: and to perform at this level is astounding.
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  Speaker 2: Well, a lot of people don't really know how much
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  Speaker 2: we go through during the season. It's hard to explain,
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  Speaker 2: but you can't show anybody any emotions out there. And
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  Speaker 2: it's really difficult, especially when it comes to the health
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  Speaker 2: of your family or yourself. It's really difficult to deal with,
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  Speaker 2: but it's something that we know happens. Between the three
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  Speaker 2: of us, we know those things happen. Kudos to him
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  Speaker 2: to be able to block everything away and still have
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  Speaker 2: an outstanding season and come to the postseason and continue
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  Speaker 2: to do what he's able to do. I'm really impressed
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  Speaker 2: with this young man. And we have to also acknowledge
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  Speaker 2: Garrett called through the ball really well. Yes, he did.
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  Speaker 2: But how do you win ball games in the postseason?
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  Speaker 2: Pitching and defense. And his teammates backed him up the
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  Speaker 2: entire night.
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  Speaker 1: The last time the Yankees lost a postseason game 1-0, 1963,
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  Speaker 1: against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the
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  Speaker 1: World Series. Here's Aaron Boone.