I absolutely learned to love Boston from day one to the last day I played there. And up to today, I love Boston.
One of the best decisions in recent Red Sox history arrived in late 1997 when, in need a of an ace to top the team's Roger Clemens-less pitching staff, Boston general manager Dan Duquette pulled off a deal for newly-crowned National League Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez.
Martinez, a pitcher as talented as he was charismatic, proceeded to win two more Cy Young Awards while in Boston in one of the most dominant stretches by any pitcher over the last 50 years.
For starters, Martinez - as he has discussed before - initially wanted to go to Boston's fiercest rival, the Yankees.
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