Former Mariners hitting coach Lee Elia made a how-to instructional video — “Secrets of the Hitting Tee” — with Edgar Martinez’s techniques a focal point. WATCH
To know Edgar Martinez, you must know Maguayo. And to know Maguayo, you must first know Felipe's Place, the sprawling, open-air establishment a block away from where Edgar took his first swings. "This is Edgar's clubhouse," a relative told Larry Stone on his visit to Edgar's hometown of Dorado, Puerto Rico. VIEW
Edgar never left, unlike the others. Fans got to know him slowly, genuinely, unforced. And gradually come to adore him. They will feel connected to him in deep and emotional ways on Sunday when he is handed his Hall of Fame plaque and takes the microphone.
Edgar Martinez batted cleanup one last time on Sunday, and delivered another in a long line of clutch performances. He showcased his humor and humility...
The culmination of a baseball journey that started in Dorado, Puerto Rico reached its apex on Sunday afternoon in Cooperstown, New York. On a stifling...
The Mariners' legendary designated hitter has waited 10 years for this moment. People keep telling him how calm he appears, but that's not quite accurate....
The stigma that designated hitters are somehow unworthy of the Baseball Hall of Fame has come to a merciful end with Edgar Martinez and Harold...
Edgar Martinez and his fellow Class of 2019 inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame took part in a news conference before a parade down...
Cooperstown's population is under 2,000 – except for this one week in July, when it transforms into one of the 10 most populous in the...
One fan in Cooperstown for Edgar Martinez's Hall of Fame induction said, "When I think of the Seattle Mariners, I think Edgar Martinez." That sentiment...
Edgar Martinez touched nearly everybody along his path to Cooperstown. Earlier this week, we asked for your favorite memories. Here is a collection of the...
When results of the Today’s Game Era Committee election in December were announced, Piniella fell one vote short of earning the 12 necessary for enshrinement....
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