 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumutambo unonetsa 3 weALCS ya2003, mushure mekubvumira imwe chete mumitambo yechipiri, yechitatu, uye yechina, Martínez akarova Yankees kurudyi fielder Karim García pedyo nemapfudzi ne pitch, zvichikonzera mutambo wekudanidzira pakati paMartínez neNew York bench. Achinangidzira ngwariro yake pana muchengeti weYankees Jorge Posada, Martínez akabaya munwe murutivi rwomusoro wake, izvo vamwe, kubatanidza murairidzi webhenji weYankees Don Zimmer, vakatsanangura sebhora rinotyisidzirwa. Manzwiro akaramba akakwirira muchikamu chokupedzisira, icho chakatungamirirwa naManny Ramírez. Ramírez akashatirwa nepfuti yakakwirira yaRoger Clemens, uye mabhenji ose akabviswa. Mukati medutu rakatevera, Zimmer ane makore 72 okukura akamhanyira munhandare ndokutanga akananga kuna Martínez; sezvaaiswedera pedyo Martínez akakanda Zimmer pasi. Gare gare, Martínez akataura kuti akanga asiri kuratidza kuti aizorova Posada mumusoro, asi kuti aizorangarira izvo Posada akanga achimuudza. Muna 2009, Martínez akataura kuti akazvidemba nezvechiitiko ichi asi akaramba kuti aive nemhosva. Zimmer haana kupa chivimbo chikuru kuzvitauro zvaPedro. Martínez akanyora muna 2015 kuti kukakavadzana naZimmer ndiko chete kuzvidemba kwake mubasa rake rose. 