Baseball Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez wondered what would have happened if Tom Brady had chosen to pursue a career with the Montreal Expos instead of playing football at the University of Michigan.
The Expos selected catcher Brady in the 18th round of the 1995 NFL Draft.
He decided to go to Michigan to play football, then joined the New England Patriots, and the rest is history.
Martinez, who appeared on “The Dan Le Batard Show with Stagots” on Friday to talk about New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick's retirement, was asked about Brady's baseball career.
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady throws out the first pitch before the start of Opening Day at Fenway Park in Boston on April 3, 2017. (Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
“He chose soccer and I was on that team,” Martinez said. on the program. “We drafted him and he chose to go the football route. But if we made Brady a pitcher, and he had the kind of hose he had when it came to football and pitching, Imagine if you were as good as him.
“I would have been an Expo by now and we would never have left Montreal.”
Yankees' Marcus Stroman has reportedly agreed to let fans tease fans with photos of the All-Star in pinstripes.
Martinez was asked if Brady could have had a perfect game or no-hitter as his battery mate.
“I don't give anything a second thought because he's smart,” Martinez said. “It's funny, we were doing something at Fenway and he was throwing out the first pitch, and I went to the batting cage and I saw Tom over there grabbing a bat. .So I said, “Tom, you want to do it.'' Did you hit something? And he had pretty good pop and looked to me like he could hit it too. .”
Pedro Martinez of the Montreal Expos pitches in a 1996 game. (Jeff Karlick/MLB Photo via Getty Images)
Brady recently partnered with Topps to envision a big what-if scenario. Former Expos star and potential teammates Vladimir Guerrero, Larry Walker and Pedro Martinez also appear in the accompanying ad.
“That guy never let us lose,” Walker said in the ad, recalling spending time with Martinez and Guerrero at a bar called Brady's Brasserie.
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The commercial also explores the idea that Brady's greatness could have prevented the Expos from leaving Montreal. Almost 20 years ago, the Expos moved to Washington, D.C., where the franchise became known as the Nationals.
Legendary Montreal Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez throws out the first pitch before the Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays game at Rogers Center in Toronto on April 12, 2023. (Julian Abram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The commercial attempts to balance Brady's baseball career by emphasizing his accomplishments while also showing the many disappointing losses. The ad shows Brady's World Series loss to the San Francisco Giants, a team with the same nickname as the franchise team he lost to twice in the Super Bowl.
FOX News' Chantz Martin contributed to this report.
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