BALTIMORE -- Pedro Martinez thinks Toronto manager Buck Martinez was uninformed and out of line for criticizing the pitcher's brief appearance in the Blue Jays' clubhouse Wednesday.

Buck Martinez was angry that the Boston dropped by the Toronto locker room during a rain delay at Fenway Park.

"That's uncalled for," an angry Buck Martinez said Thursday. "I don't understand the mentality of a player being in another player's locker room."

Speaking before the Red Sox played Baltimore, Pedro Martinez explained that Fenway Park security ushered him through the visitor's clubhouse to avoid a crush of people after the pitcher greeted fans during pregame festivities.

"I did it in an innocent way, just to say hello, passing by. I didn't spend more than one minute in there," Pedro Martinez said. "I don't blame him for feeling upset about it, but it's the first time I've ever gone across to the other room."

He said chatted briefly with a few friends from the Dominican Republic, shook hands with Toronto coach Cookie Rojas and then left.

On opening day, Pedro Martinez hit Shannon Stewart with a pitch. Buck Martinez suggested that Stewart should have taken "a pop" at the pitcher while he was in the clubhouse.

Pedro Martinez insisted that the pitch got away from him, and said it was not cause to start a fight.

"If he felt so anxious to have someone take a swing at me, why didn't he come and do it? It's not like it's all that easy to come up and pop one at me," Pedro Martinez said. "If you want to pop me, go ahead and take his chances. He doesn't have to send Stewart to do it. He can always come himself and do it -- and see what he's going to get."

Saying that security officials should have let Buck Martinez know that they were ushering him through the clubhouse, Pedro Martinez added, "What could I do there? Steal a glove? Steal a bat? Get autographs from the other guys? ... Go steal a sign from Buck? I have a hard time remembering my signs from my catcher. Imagine stealing someone else's?"

The pitcher doesn't expect an apology from the Toronto manager, even after he learns that the visit was not his idea.

"That's OK. I don't mind it. I think he's right about me being in the clubhouse. It shouldn't be that way," Martinez said. "But we have (visiting) players walk across our clubhouse to get to the training room."

Pedro Martinez was surprised to hear Buck Martinez react in such an angry fashion, given the rapport they've had in the past.

"He was always nice to me when he's working in television and radio. I never thought he'd say something like that," Pedro Martinez said. "I actually had a lot of respect for him. I had and I have. I just don't understand why he would make a comment like that, especially not even asking me why I went over.

"If he comes up to me and goes, 'Pedro, that's wrong.' Then I would take off and appreciate his advice."