Mystery in his mastery: Dice-K’s results tough to peg

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The Week In Quotes: Week of July 7-13 by Alex Carnevale
Published 7/14/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
... , on criticism of his pitching away from contact. (Mike Silverman, Boston Herald ) "We completely support trying to clean up the problems that have taken place, but there's no truth to any involvement regarding anyone here." -- ...

Baseball Today: Monday, July 14
Published 7/14/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... ." Yesterday's journey was particularly ugly, encapsulated by his fifth-inning performance in which he loaded the bases with two nowhere-near-the-plate walks and a hit batsman, and then escaped with no runs scoring. Still, it was, as the Boston Herald's Michael Silverman writes, "an effort almost mind-boggling in its inefficiency", and Sean McAdam writes that ...

Mystery in his mastery: Dice-K’s results tough to peg
Published 7/14/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Mystery in his mastery: Dice-K’s results tough to peg Maybe the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company had it right...because I crack more pencils over Dice-K starts. If you care about how one pitcher can manufacture a less impressive 10-1 record and 2.65 ERA than Matsuzaka, then you understand how his start yesterday featured everything you love and hate about Matsuzaka’s 2008 season. The right-hander needed 115 pitches to throw just six innings and he allowed five walks to one of the league’s least-disciplined lineups, an effort almost mind-boggling in its inefficiency. And yet, ...

Red Sox @ Mariners: Can Matsuzaka keep the magic going?
Published 7/22/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Bottomline) at The Bottom Line
10PM EST -- D. Matsuzaka (10-1, 2.65) vs R. Dickey (2-4, 3.73) Dice-K's Merlin-esqu perfromance so far this season has been well documented here at The Bottom Line, as well as by Eric Wilbur here , and the Herald's Michael Silverman here . [image] Therefore, I'll simply remind you all that despite his 10-1 record and the ridiculous .202 BAA, Matsuzaka has walked 57 batters in just 88.1 innings... Thankfully, the Mariners have the leagues worst OBP at .313... but I want to point out that Seattle also has the fewest strikeouts (509) of any team in the league. Bottom Line : Seattle is a team that seems to make contact often. They haven't turned that into alot of runs (390, 28th) but walks plus lots of contact ...