Game of the Day
baseballmusings.com —
... Every once in a while there's a game that stands out among all others, and today that game takes place in Kansas City. Daisuke Matsuzaka makes his major league debut. Matsuzaka Watch examines the hype : The way people are talking about the Matsuzaka debut, it's as if we're about to witness the prophecy of the Archangel Gabriel's "end of days", or at least the coming of the Nazgul to the American Midwest. Spring Training has been very exciting and a lot of people have come to know Daisuke Matsuzaka a bit better for having seen him firsthand. You'd have thought that the mythical version of his background would have subsided just a bit with a closer personal experience with the pitcher, but in fact it has grown. To paraphrase Verbal Kint: He's become a myth, a spook story that managers tell their hitters at night. Don't take your swings, and Daisuke will get you. Ty Cobb always said 'I don't believe in God,
Game 3, @KC, Matsuzaka (0-0) vs. Greinke (0-0)
The Red Sox Times —
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And from Mike Plugh at Matsuzaka Watch:
Mike Plugh, buy me a lotto ticket
River Avenue Blues —
... Mike’s projected line for Matsuzaka today:
Dice-K in the Seventh
baseballmusings.com —
... . Update : Matsuzaka is done, as is Greinke. Matsuzaka Watch pretty much nailed the prediction of Dice-K's line .
