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hitomi #1 wrote:Seems as though this writer doesn't think they're hoping Dice returns.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-passan_daisuke_matsuzaka_bust_052411

Regardless, I'm still wearing and savoring my katakana Matsuzaka/BoSox t-shirt. :victory:

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I read that article as well. Passan is an idiot. He should have called it "I Hate all Japanese pitchers."

The only quote is from Francona saying that Dice-K has been good about everything. He says Nomo had only two good years. If that's the case, how come at the time Nomo reached 1,000 K's it was second fastest in MLB history behind Clemens, and Nomo led the AL in K's his first year with the Sox. Then he went 16-6 in '02 and was 16-13 in '03 with a 3.09 ERA. Any run support that year and he might have won 20.

He said Kaz Ishii stunk. Ishii did have an awful year with the Mets (3-9 ERA over 5) but he was 36-25 his 3 years with the Dodgers. That's close to a .600 winning percentage. Not too bad.

I sent him an email asking him about all this. I doubt if I'll get a reply.

^^ He usually writes some interesting and truthful articles, especially his '10 Degrees' column but that article was a bit sneering. :grumble: No doubt that Dice has been a huge disappointment the last 3 years but still has talent, perhaps his hype was a bit too big. :bow: Tough call on him, always have rooted for him as have most fans I think but also think now it's up to him to bear down and work harder, :sweat: if he can pitch like he could hard to see anyone beating the Sox.

Wakefield has taken Dice's spot in the rotation and had another superb outing tonight going 7 innings for the win as the Sox outroared the Tigers 6-3. :woot: Clemens and Cy Young are tied for most victories in Sox history with 192, Wakefield now has 183, hard to believe that he's going to soon be the overall victory leader for them, but he's been a solid pitcher for them for many years. :mrgreen:

Wow, the Dodgers win a game in the ninth, beating the Marlins, 3-2. :shocked:

Yesterday was a rough day for Japanese players in the majors:

Kuroda got beat up pretty good taking the loss against Florida.

Hisanori Takahashi got hung with the Angels loss to the Twins.

Hideki Matsui went 0-for-4.

Ichiro went 0-for-6!!

:puppydog:

I watched the Yanks-M's game last night, Ichiro did not look good, never mind the 0-6, Granderson had a triple where Ichiro lined up at the wall to catch it and the ball hit about 2 inches to the left of his glove, :sweat: camera kept panning in on him for the next few minutes and he had the most perplexed expressions on his face like how the @*!* did I miss that? :nut:

Dodgers get 17 hits and whip the Marlins, 8-0.

Hey! Jo-Jo Reyes FINALLY gets a W. :bonk: Complete game, too.

I guess Chief Wahoo is starting to suck again. :usuck:

Dodgers beat the Rockies, 7-1.

Dodgers rout the Rockies again, 8-2.

Dodgers get shut out by the Rockies, 3-0.

gaijinmark wrote:They might want to save some of those runs for when/if Lackey and Dice-K come back. :sweat:

Update on them is that Lackey will be starting this weekend, bullpen better be rested, :bleh: news on Dice is that he's opted for surgery which means he'll be out for perhaps 12 months, may have pitched his last game in a Sox uniform.

Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1.

Sox broke their 4 game skid last night by coming back late and winning 8-6 over the A's. :sweat: Another rough outing by a starter though, this time it was Buchholz who allowed all the runs but the bullpen stepped up and delivered 4 shutout innings. Sox are playing right now, was supposed to be a night game but moved up to give the fans to watch game 2 of the B's tonight. :mrgreen:

Dodgers have one their their biggest comebacks in a long, long time and beat the Reds in extra innings, 11-8.

Dodgers beat the Reds again, 9-6. :victory:

Sox complete the sweep over the A's by winning 6-3. Lackey got the win though not a good start, Bard got the save, he's been pitching well as of late, wonder if they're still thinking of trading Papp? :sweat: 2 more RBI's for AG who leads the majors in that category and quietly Ortiz has been on fire, 3 more hits today to raise the average to .325. :mrgreen:

Ichiro's hitting a career-low .261, but the Mariners are in seconds place in the AL West.... Go figure. :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:Ichiro's hitting a career-low .261, but the Mariners are in seconds place in the AL West.... Go figure. :headscratch:

Really weak division, :bleh: Rangers are finally starting to put it together though, think any of the top 4 teams in the AL East would win that division and perhaps even the O's would have a winning record. :nut: