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Baseball Musings
March 12, 2007
Praising Dice-K

Melvin Mora gave his opinion of Daisuke Matsuzaka after the game yesterday:

Mora can't identify the pitch, but he's willing to offer his perspective on it.

"It's not from this planet," he said.

Mora struck out swinging in the first inning and was caught looking in the third, pausing to dispute the call with plate umpire Marvin Hudson.

"I went to home plate with no idea what I was doing. I was just waiting to see what he's got," said Mora, who joined the media throng for the Dubois interview after borrowing a notepad and pen.

"I think the second strike was a little inside, but this guy knows what he's doing. He's nasty. Fastball, nasty. Breaking pitch, nasty. Splitter, nasty. Everything's good."


Posted by David Pinto at 08:06 AM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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I watched the game yesterday. DM's stuff looked good for the most part. He did leave some pitches up in the zone. If he does that he will get hammered. I think he still needs to work on trusting V-tek with the pitch selection. That will come with time. It will be interesting to see him pitch for more than half a game to a starting roster. He certainly is cool, calm & collected. Not knowing much english might actually help him stay focused on the road. Overall- I was impressed but this is spring training.

Posted by: Bob at March 12, 2007 10:44 AM
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