![]() The K Men post a K in the first inning of a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on Tuesday, October 4, 2022. A decidedly pagan tradition, the then face-painted crew celebrated Pedro’s starts like regional, secular holiday.Īfter Pedro left the Sox, the K Men mellowed and migrated from Section 39, Row 31 to their current perch above the Green Monster, posting Ks each season for the team’s ace pitcher - from Daisuke Matsuzaka and Curt Schilling to Josh Beckett and Jon Lester. ‘Los ponchados de Pedro’: The K Men posted red K signs in the Fenway Park bleachers (Section 39, Row 31) each time Pedro Martinez pitched for the Red Sox, urging the crowd to help count them in Spanish. ![]() ![]() The Boston K Men began 25 years ago, when Pedro Martinez joined the Red Sox.Īt every home game that Pedro pitched between 19, the crew - mostly teenagers - plastered K signs symbolizing his strikeouts on the back wall of the Fenway Park bleachers. ![]()
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