Dice-K debut in less than an hour...

[footballsimp]

im happier than a pig in sh$t over it

[guffee]

IP 4.0 8 hits 5 ER 2 Walks 5 Ks WHIP 2.50 ERA 11.25

Schilling against the royals

Every dog has his day, or, in this case, an entire pack of dogs had their day.

[Taters]

Don't get ahead of yourself boys. Need I give you all a hisotry leason about the KC Royals?

01' 65-97
02' 62-100
03' 83-79
04' 58-104
05' 56-106
06' 62-100

So lets see, just about 5 100 loss season out of 6?! And you want me to believe? I will believe if I see him do it vs lets say the White Stockings or the Indians in there park. So for now, put the Cy Young award back in the case, and just remember all the other Japan pitchers than have come over and looked good for a few games. They have all fallin on there faces. So I don't think Coopertown will be calling anytime soon.

[The Loveable Losers]

So for now, put the Cy Young award back in the case, and just remember all the other Japan pitchers than have come over and looked good for a few games. They have all fallin on there faces. So I don't think Coopertown will be calling anytime soon.

You mean like how Hideo Nomo fell on his face the rest of his rookie year?

191.1 ip, 124 hits, 14 hr, 78 bb, 236 k, 13-6 record, 2.54 era

Oh, not that year...you mean his next year.

228.1 ip, 180 hits, 23 hr, 85 bb, 234 k, 16-11 record, 3.19 era

Yep, he fell flat on his face after he 'looked good for a few games'.

Every pitcher is different. Just because Matsuzaka happened to pitch in the Japanese league doesn't automatically mean he can't be a very successful major leaguer any more than it means he's destined for the Cy Young. It means he faced BETTER competition in the equivalent of his time in the minor leagues and now he's a very polished 26 year old rookie. We'll see what he can do over the course of the next 6 months.