Dice-K Game #9
Daisuke Matsuzaka people, is here to stay.
He went into this season guns blazing, diving head first into massive divisional rivalries, pressure that you or I could never imagine. Even though he was “struggling” in the eyes of most Sox haters, there were flashes of sheer brilliance in his game that had all of us more cautiously optimistic than usual.
Even when his record was near .500, and the nay sayers gathered to remind us all of his paycheck, and the distinct difference between Japanese and American baseball, there was still something there that held even the bitter and jaded New England sports media at bay.
We now are seeing what that was. This kid is brilliant.
Here are his stats from the drubbing he gave to the Braves today:
| Name | IP | H | ER | BB | GB | K |
| Dice-K | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ? | 6 |
