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Hey yaars,
I actually watched the beginning of a Jays game for the first time in a long time, and had a decent time. It would have been better though, had the team decided to show up!
Alright, I'm being a bit harsh - they were up against Japanese phenom Daisuke Matsuzaka (in cartoon form to the right). Judging by how the Japanese media watch his every move, he's the biggest thing there since Godzilla! I guess I'd be the same way if a Pakistani made it in baseball.
(Yes, I would cheer for that team.)
From what I've read on "Dice-K", a lame sobriquet if I may say - he's a special pitcher. I've read up about the Koshien , which is a Japanese High School baseball tournament. It's suppose to be as big as the Final Four is in North America, and here's what Daisuke did in the Koshien to become the star that he is...
"In the quarterfinals of the 1988 Koshien, Matsuzaka threw 250 pitches in 17 innings in a win over powerhouse PL Gakuen. The next day, trailing by six runs in the eighth inning, the team miraculously won the game by scoring 7 runs in the last two innings (four in the eighth and three in the ninth). In that game he started in left field, but came in as a relief in the ninth inning to record the win. In the final, he threw a no-hitter, the second ever in a final. This performance elevated him to rock star status."
So of course, it goes without saying that after we fluked our way to a 2-1 win the first time he pitched here, he came back with a vengeance. And we showed no spine - getting our asses handed to us to the tune of a 9-3 score. The losing streak's now at 8, with the season slowly starting to slip away. I'm still optimistic, the marathon's only 15% done.
Anyhow, I thought I'd inform you all regarding the prodigal engima that is Daisuke. I'm guessing my non-baseball fan readers have already skipped this post to go on to surf for some more stock quotes/news/porn. In any event, enjoy folks and talk to you soon.
I actually watched the beginning of a Jays game for the first time in a long time, and had a decent time. It would have been better though, had the team decided to show up!
Alright, I'm being a bit harsh - they were up against Japanese phenom Daisuke Matsuzaka (in cartoon form to the right). Judging by how the Japanese media watch his every move, he's the biggest thing there since Godzilla! I guess I'd be the same way if a Pakistani made it in baseball.
(Yes, I would cheer for that team.)
From what I've read on "Dice-K", a lame sobriquet if I may say - he's a special pitcher. I've read up about the Koshien , which is a Japanese High School baseball tournament. It's suppose to be as big as the Final Four is in North America, and here's what Daisuke did in the Koshien to become the star that he is...
"In the quarterfinals of the 1988 Koshien, Matsuzaka threw 250 pitches in 17 innings in a win over powerhouse PL Gakuen. The next day, trailing by six runs in the eighth inning, the team miraculously won the game by scoring 7 runs in the last two innings (four in the eighth and three in the ninth). In that game he started in left field, but came in as a relief in the ninth inning to record the win. In the final, he threw a no-hitter, the second ever in a final. This performance elevated him to rock star status."
So of course, it goes without saying that after we fluked our way to a 2-1 win the first time he pitched here, he came back with a vengeance. And we showed no spine - getting our asses handed to us to the tune of a 9-3 score. The losing streak's now at 8, with the season slowly starting to slip away. I'm still optimistic, the marathon's only 15% done.
Anyhow, I thought I'd inform you all regarding the prodigal engima that is Daisuke. I'm guessing my non-baseball fan readers have already skipped this post to go on to surf for some more stock quotes/news/porn. In any event, enjoy folks and talk to you soon.
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