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I don't think we'll see Dice K in the majors again. The Japanese National Treasure should be returned to its homeland and put on display in a museum-- right next to their WWII Museum-- both disasters for Japan.

From the Globe: That's more than $2 million per victory. What a colossal screw up by the FO! There are no excuses. They should have known better. And please don't give me this garbage about how we established a market in Japan, because that's just not true. The Yankees got money from Japan, because they paid for the rights to broadcast the Yankees games. No one is broadcasting the Sox games in japan, because, even when healthy, he plays only every fifth day. The $102 million purchased no rights to market in Japan beyond the rights held by every other major league team. So, let's start out with the understanding that the Sox spent $102 million and got 49 wins in return. Those are some expensive wins. Next, I believe this was a colossal blunder, because the Sox should have had a better gauge on his talent level and how it would translate to the major leagues. Before the bidding process had been concluded, I listened to Bobby Valentine on the Michael kay show. The Sox should have taken heed of what he said. He said that the stories about him throwing at 95-96 were just not true. He could throw that hard on occasion, but he sat at 90-92 mph. He said that he was not going to be overpowering major leaguers with his fastball and that he was going to have to rely very much on his secondary pitches. Bobby V concluded that he could be a solid back of the rotation guy, but not a #1 or 2. We certainly paid for him like he was a #1 or 2. Theo called him Japan's National Treasure. What a humiliation for Japan if that is true. Maybe they should have talked to someone who had watched him for a few years, like Bobby V. John Henry should bring this bungle job up at Theo's next performance evaluation when he asks for a raise.

I threw up a little in my mouth.

Time to get Pedro to Colon's doctor.

Didn't you say that you had covered the Sox as a writer?

And the Yankee luck goes on and on: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-angels-harenhurt

Painful game to follow just on GameDay. Glad I wasn't watching. We need Buchholz to be the stopper.

Probably doesn't want to hurt his confidence.

No PH for Reddick.

Thanks Paps!!!

Will Tito send up some pinch hitters in the 9th, or is that too much to ask? OMG the game moves sooo fast there's no time to make moves on the fly!!!!

We need an A-Bomb here!!!

No game tomorrow and he's staring at a 4 game losing streak?

The game is going a little fast for our beloved manager these days.

..and Tito didn't start the inning with Bard, because . . .?

No lefties in the pen anymore.

Ortiz is still the biggest offensive weapon on the team.

He never left.

What is Francona waiting for? Does he have Wakefield on his Fantasy Team?

Complaining about the umps is the mark of a losing team. Terry needed to yank Wake after last inning, and he should be using all of the horses in the pen. Too lat for that. We're down 4-3. Leave him in for 7.

Wakefield walked a guy and he scored. When your stuff is bad you can survive some times if you don't walk guys. If your stuff is garbage and you walk guys, you will lose. BTW Wakefield seems to be leaving a lot of his pitches up. We need this game. Five innings and three runs may be the best we will get from him today. Go to the pen while the game is tied. Tomorrow is an off day. Empty the pen. Use all your studs. Win this game!!! Don't send him back out there.