Red Sox legend Pedro Martinez offers inspiring advice to students at East Boston High School

BOSTON — Red Sox legend and Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, and Mayor Michell Wu visited students at East Boston High School on Thursday offering an inspiring piece of advice.

They spoke to the teenagers about the importance of being on time and never giving up on dreams.

“Never shy away from what you want and never let anybody tell you that you can’t,” Martinez shared with the students.

East Boston High has one of the highest percentages of English language learners in the Boston public schools and it’s baseball team recently won its first city league championship since 1991.

Red Sox legend Pedro Martinez, and Mayor Michell Wu visited students at East Boston High

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