Dodgers reliever Pedro Baez shrugs off boos, quietly gets the job done

PITTSBURGH - Pedro Baez does not talk much at work. To his teammates. To the coaching staff. To the media. The stout right-handed pitcher is, by all accounts, particularly quiet. His peers, Spanish speakers included, say he's always been that way. He keeps to himself now that he's evolved into one of baseball's best relievers, and he kept to himself when he was a punchline in Southern California and beyond.

Those days weren't too long ago. Baez was ceaselessly lambasted for his unhurried pace on the mound - his Baseball Reference page lists "The Human Rain Delay" as one