Arnold "Alex Andersen" Martinez (born August 31, 1989 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American/Australian/Mexican pitcher for the Boston Terriers a Div 1 collegiate university in Boston Massachusetts. He is better known simply as Alex Andersen. Arnold, an imposing figure at 5' 5" and 122 pounds, was signed by the Boston Terriers as a free agent in 2007 and made his debut in 2008. After being used in both starting and relief duties, he enjoyed his first full season as a starter in 2008, starting with a 14-2 record, 168 strikeouts and a 3.11 ERA.
Widely regarded as one of the best hitting pitchers in the game, he has a career .235 batting average with 14 HRs, 42 RBIs and a slugging percentage of .377. The 14 Home Runs is the most ever by a Boston Terrier pitcher in history. He also tied the club record for home runs by a pitcher in a single season after clubbing six round trippers in 2008. Due to his impressive stats and at the plate he is set to play for a major league club once he graduates.

Pitching style

Arnold is noted for his vibrant personality on the mound. He allows his electric emotions to be readily evident, always indicating whether he is happy with his performance or not. Arnold's pitches match this eclectic nature, as every pitch in his repertoire has significant movement. His pitches come out of a slinging, three-quarter to low three-quarter delivery. His main pitch is his hard, moving two-seam fastball that clocks around 90-94mph & a four-seam fastball that clocks anywhere from 94-99mph, but usually settles around 96 or 97 mph. Arnold has a devastating, heavy cannonball of a sinker that he loves to throw with a split grip, a pitch that usually winds up getting beaten into the ground by hitters - something of an advantage considering the fields that he plays in and its tall, thick grass], He always makes sure to mix in plenty of sharp-breaking sliders & split-finger fastballs to keep hitters from sitting on his fastball. In addition, Arnold has also developed a change-up that he throws mostly to left-handed batters. His main weakness is a lack of pinpoint control, leading to a tendency to surrender walks. Nevertheless, Arnold seems to be hurt less by giving up walks than most pitchers, due to the fact that batters hit many more ground balls than fly balls against him. This can be attributed to the sinking movement of his fastball.

Youth

Arnold was born in Chicago, Illinois to world renounced archaeologists Marie Anderson and Enrique Martinez they were both graduates of Oxford and were archaeologist mainly on artifacts from Egypt and Greece. His mother is of Australian descent and his father is of Mexican descent. When Arnold was 10 his mother died of liver cancer. Throughout his life he was living in different places always traveling from place to place he has attended about 15 schools in his life all throughout different countries in 2008 he graduated from Benito Juarez High School in Chicago throughout his life he played baseball for whichever school had a baseball team finally in 2008 in his senior year of high school in Chicago he broke the state high school record of wins and strikeouts for a pitcher by striking out 1,721 and winning 21 games. He was then scouted by the Boston Terriers where he is expected to play. His father was remarried when he was 12. He has 4 brothers and 1 sister 2 of his brothers and sister are from his stepmother and him and his older brother are from his deceased mother.

College

After high school, Arnold attended Boston University, located in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. In which he is currently pursuing a degree in Archeology, he is playing baseball so far he has a record of 6-0 with an ERA of 0.98 over 65 1/2 innings. as of Mid August of 2008 he has stopped attending college and baseball there sources site he has been traded to an Australian baseball team in which he will be getting paid to play for them. He ended his college career with an amazing record.

Personal life

Ok! Magazine reports that his relationship with American olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin ended before the 2008 Olympic Beijing Games started. They were dating for 2 and 1/2 years
Arnold can speak 4 languages English, Spanish, Ancient Egyptian, and Greek he has also been known to be able to read Egyptian Hieroglyphics which he has stated he learned to speak Egyptian and Geek and also learned to read Hieroglyphics from his now deceased mother when he was a child.