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September 10, 2007

Matsuzaka will be watched

There will be more interest than usual when Daisuke Matsuzaka does his off-day throwing tomorrow.

``He will work on some stuff on the side,’’ manager Terry Francona said, ``like we normally do. We’ll try to spend some time and bear down on how we can help.’’

Francona said the staff has had much discussion with Matsuzaka about how the pitcher can snap out of a slump that has been him post a 9.57 ERA in his last five starts. Francona insisted Matsuzaka has not had five bad games, but rather bad innings in those games.

``I think we need to recognize not just what goes wrong, but what goes right,’’ he said.

He spoke about how one issue is getting Matsuzaka to go back to using all his pitches, as he had done earlier in the season. In recent games, when he has had problems, he has tried to deal with them by throwing hard stuff.

``We talk about about using your whole repertoire and commanding it, throwing strikes,’’ Francona said. Matsuzaka will get an extra day of rest before his next start because the team is off Thursday, but Francona would not get into any talk about perhaps skipping him a time or two.

``He’s not going through anything any pitcher hasn’t gone through,’’ Francona said. ``It’s part of the learning curve when you come to the major leagues.’’

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Comments

Dice-K will be back!

Matsuzaka Fan! | September 10, 2007 11:35 PM link

he is a rookie

rme | September 11, 2007 7:06 AM link

Dice-K is cooked! Who's your Papa-San -- any team that faces him. Love that recent ERA. Glad the Evil Empired saved $103MM!

George aka The Boss | September 11, 2007 10:37 AM link

Get rid of Dice-K! He sucks! What a waste of money.

Get Rid of Dice-K | September 11, 2007 10:46 AM link

Gents,
If'n I shuld' evan call you all by that reegul name? Mista' Get Rid of I Have Lice-K and Gorge aka The BooB, you wine so mutch about tha mony, but how mutch of it is yours? Uhm, I'm thinkan' nun. Yep, dang raight, nun o' the dough spent is yours. So, why do yu evan cah? Az eyese seez it, if un' the Sawks scored a wee bet mo' runs in theys games that Matsuzukia pitched
Dice-K wuld be leadin' the Majar Leagues in WINS. Mahk My Word! Dicey-Kee shuld' be at 17, 18 or 19 Wins right now. But the feeble Sawkz bats let him down in thoze cloce gamez. FACT: (The Red Sox have scored two runs or less while he was in the game in 12 of his prior 17 starts)
So, Lice-K and Gorge aka The BooB bye a ticket, but yo wont, causen yu too are cheep you squeeze a penny and make Lincoln cry. Go bloog on yo nasty yanks sites, leave the champyun red sawks places of reality alone....

Nashua | September 13, 2007 3:31 AM link