Oh, Pedro. Where Have You Gone?

Have y'all seen the front-page — front page — story about Pedro Martinez in today's New York Times? If not, it's certainly worth a read. Here's a sample:

<< He is planting. He is pruning. He is talking to his tulips. "What about you, beauty?" he will ask in language rarely, if ever, heard on a baseball field. "Aren't you going to grow up to be so pretty?" >>

Classic stuff. Check it out.