It increasingly looks like Pedro will sign for the Sox, but for those who claim that him signing elsewhere would be betraying what he said about loving Boston, just recall these immortal words of Curt Schilling:
“As it stands right now, there are only two phone calls that would interest me,” he said. “One would be [Phillies general manager] Ed Wade saying, ‘We have 72 hours to strike a deal.’ The other would be [Yankees GM] Brian Cashman saying the same thing.”
What about Boston? Reports have said Schilling would consider accepting a trade to the Red Sox.
“I’m not going to Boston,” he said adamantly. “I never said that. I never mentioned Boston. I’m a righthanded fly-ball pitcher. In Fenway Park, that’s not a tremendous mix.” (Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov 13 2003. Link)
People get to change their minds.