A video recently posted on YouTube.com shows New York Mets’ pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal at a cockfight.
Martinez and Marichal laugh before releasing the roosters. The two took part as honorary “soltadores,” the word used to describe the person who puts the animal to fight.
The animal released by Martinez appears to be killed on the video, which was posted Tuesday. The fight takes place in the Coliseo de Gallos (Rooster Coliseum) in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic’s biggest cockfighting venue. Cockfighting is legal and popular in the Dominican Republic.
I wonder if the Animal Humane Society will show up to the Mets’ spring training next week in protest like they did at the Falcons’ camp when Michael Vick was accused of dog fighting. Or are roosters not the Humane Society’s problem?
No word yet on if Martinez and Marichal bet on “Little Jerry Seinfield.”
