Pedro Martinez, who was key man for Boston Red Sox winning the 2004 Major League Championship, says that after having won almost every challenge in US baseball, what motivates him now is to promote the name of the land of his birth. He told Diario Libre that he is encouraged when he receives calls telling him that Dominicans in New York are buying tickets to the Met Games, and equipping themselves with flags and drums to bring the Dominican spirit to Shea Stadium.