Comments on: How Pissed Off Should We Be at Dice-K?

By: Wicked Mr Pickett

Wicked Mr Pickett — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:25:52 +0000

Dice K is right on one thing, Japanese pitchers have a year or two of success and then fade in the US. It has nothing to do with deteriorating arm strength, it has to do with US hitters adjusting to them. All of the successful Japanese pitchers in the US have had something quirly about them. Nomo with his tornado wind up and diving forkball, Dice K with his nibbling at the corners and hesitation in his wind up. Once hitters adjust to these things it comes down to the pitchers’ stuff, which is not overwhelming.

Dice K blows, but I suppose the other option that year was to sign Zito.

Drew-Lugo-Renteria-Dice K. If you are a GM in any one of 28 MLB cities making any 2 of those moves gets you fired.

By: SOMERVILLE

SOMERVILLE — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:05:36 +0000

Jerry is still a day late and a dollar short on this one. Just like he was with schilling. Dice’k moved on and so have the sox. They’ll finish the year with him since they have to but he won’t finish his contract here.

By: Flying Squirrel

Flying Squirrel — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:05:34 +0000

He should fall on a sword for the way he has dishonered himself.

By: Johnny K

Johnny K — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:38:19 +0000

I honestly think he doesn’t give a shit about the Red Sox. Dude cares more about the WBC then this 100%

By: Medways Finest

Medways Finest — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:29:01 +0000

I say fuck it- let him throw as much as he wants between starts. Leave the lights on in the bullpen for him and go home.

WBC ruined him is a load of crap- his stats sucked right out of the gate. The WBC hitters as a whole in March were just not as good as the grind of MLB every 5 days Apr through Sept.
his game against he USA was classic Dice- 4.2, 98 pitches. Somehow wiggled out- this year he hasnt got so lucky.

By: Murray Chadwick

Murray Chadwick — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:25:49 +0000

This is nothing more than another athlete making excuses for shitty on-field performance.

It doesn’t matter if he said it in Japanese. He sucks, so it can’t be HIS fault, it’s the Red Sox program……

Whatever.

By: Carl Yastrzemski

Carl Yastrzemski — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:17:35 +0000

John Henry should get in his private jet with an A-Bomb on board and threaten to drop it on Dice K if he doesn’t get better. That would get results.

By: Stevebsfan

Stevebsfan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:07:29 +0000

Oh no, another one just blaming the WBC. Of course you would put all the blame squarely on that and ignore the fact that he wasn’t that great in either 07 or 08, but just INSANELY lucky, and that luck finally caught up with him.

I don’t think he’s as bad as ’09 either, but he’s certainly not as good as his 18 wins, and 2.90 ERA in ’08. You can only pitch yourself out of so many jams before it catches up with you.

By: PatsFan

PatsFan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:04:28 +0000

he was a big tarpon in a little pond over there. the hitters are better here. If he dropped the WBC and trained with the rest of the staff he’d be fine. The “arm strength” thing is a bunch of bull. he had run support during almost all of his wins. He wasn’t winning one run games, he was winning 5 run games. Wakefield was the pitcher without run support.

He pitched more innings in ’07 (204.7) than in ’08 (167.7) and gave up more hits, runs and HR (191, 100 & 25) than in ’08 (128, 58 & 12) with a higher ERA (4.40 compared to 2.90 in ’08) and had a worse record (15 – 12 compared to 18 – 3 in ’08), so who’s right?

By: slideintothird

slideintothird — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:01:46 +0000

his struggles could also be attributed to the fact that he came to camp looking like the michelin man.