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    I am not a bandwagon fan, I have always been a Rangers fan but always had the Red Sox as my 'other team' cus if you are a Rangers fan, you always have to have someone ELSE to cheer for come October.

    Matsuzaka is the real deal. Yes, once a batter sees him they may do better but it won't be enough. This guy is Ace material after this year.

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    It'll be hard to justify the amount of money the Sox spent on him.

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    Actually, it's pronounced like "dice-k"... that's not his nickname, that's his actual name.
    His name is Daisuke, so in Japanese it is pronounced "Die-su-ke", not "Dice-ke". You can't skip the "u" sound in his name. It's just like the American media is with Spanish names - they those up all the time too.

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    His name is Daisuke, so in Japanese it is pronounced "Die-su-ke", not "Dice-ke". You can't skip the "u" sound in his name. It's just like the American media is with Spanish names - they those up all the time too.
    Good point. Foreign broadcasters nail English names.




    EDIT: I have to use the other proposed sarcasm method in case this one goes misunderstood.

    Good point. Foreign broadcasters nail English names.

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    His name is Daisuke, so in Japanese it is pronounced "Die-su-ke", not "Dice-ke". You can't skip the "u" sound in his name. It's just like the American media is with Spanish names - they those up all the time too.
    Actually no. his name is pronounced dice-k japanese or english or any other language. dont be fooled by the spelling

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    Che cazzo stai dicendo? DisgruntledLionFan#54,927's Avatar
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    I am not a bandwagon fan, I have always been a Rangers fan but always had the Red Sox as my 'other team' cus if you are a Rangers fan, you always have to have someone ELSE to cheer for come October.

    Matsuzaka is the real deal. Yes, once a batter sees him they may do better but it won't be enough. This guy is Ace material after this year.

    Ishii and Nomo had similar stat lines in their 1st ML starts.

    Ishii pitched 6 2/3, gave up 2 hits and 0 ERs while striking out 10. Nomo pitched 5 innings, gave up 1 hit and 0 ERs while striking out 7.

    Way too early to even consider him ace material.

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    I don't agree. He was lights-out in the World Baseball Classic against some very good teams and a ton of MLB players from different teams around the world. In fact, he was named the MVP of the entire tourney. He will have rough spots like any rookie but I still maintain that he will be Ace material in about a year's time.

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    I actually agree with both of you. Daisuke does have great stuff, he looks like he could be a staff ace, and he's been top notch against MLB batters to date, but one official MLB regular season start is too early to say he's definitely an ace.

    Would anyone else like a waffle?

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    He's the real deal. I saw enough of him during the WBC to realize that.

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    I don't agree. He was lights-out in the World Baseball Classic against some very good teams and a ton of MLB players from different teams around the world. In fact, he was named the MVP of the entire tourney. He will have rough spots like any rookie but I still maintain that he will be Ace material in about a year's time.
    The WBC? He pitched all of 13 innings in 3 starts. Batters only faced him twice per start. , even the KC farm team started to get better ABs/swings the third time through.

    And he wasn't the only Japanese pitcher who dominated in the WBC. Uehara and Watanabe were lights out as well, with both posting ERAs under 2 (1.59 and 1.98 respectively) and WHIPs south of 1.

    What does it all mean? Nothing relative to the MLs, IMO.

    Just that it's early...

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    Actually no. his name is pronounced dice-k japanese or english or any other language. dont be fooled by the spelling
    I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I've never known anyone with that name, but the Japanese people with similar names I encountered while on travel all pronounced their names the way I said it. They tended to talk very fast, which can make some believe they skipped some consonants and vowels here and there. Either way, no big deal.

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    Boston will get smashed vs texas tommorow.

    Nostradamus, is that you?

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    Im not convinced, he's probly on roids anyway.

    OVER-RATED!!

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    Ishii and Nomo had similar stat lines in their 1st ML starts.

    Ishii pitched 6 2/3, gave up 2 hits and 0 ERs while striking out 10. Nomo pitched 5 innings, gave up 1 hit and 0 ERs while striking out 7.

    Way too early to even consider him ace material.
    Those 2 pitchers did not have 1/100th the publicity and hype going into their debut start that Daisuke has put upon him. He pitched in cold weather on the road against a team that hammered their ace 2 nights earlier, with the whole world watching.....he delivered in spades.

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    He pitched in cold weather on the road against a team that hammered their ace 2 nights earlier
    Its the friggen Royals.

    That doesn't say much for Schilling.

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    Schilling is a winner, he has nothing to prove. It was one start, judging people on one start is dumb.

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    Agreed.

    Was wondering if Jim would go haywire redsox homer though

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    He pitched in cold weather on the road
    cold weather helps out the pitchers much more than warm weather, nice try. even though its a little uncomfortable

    the road, might as well have been a neutral site. its the Royals

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    Rookie Alex Gordon who said "He doesn't have anything I had never seen before, he has one pitch that drops".
    Ouch. Pretty ballsy when you've only played in a handful of MLB games.

    I'm secretly hoping the guy flames out. It's just something I do when someone is overhyped and I have to see them on TV almost every day. Playing for Boston also helps...

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