Memories of Daisuke Matsuzaka

[G-Fafif]

Notoriously slow upon arrival. Then not particularly Trachselian most outings. More useful than would've dreamed. Good luck back where the Rising Sun lands.

[Edgy MD]

Funky to see somebody being so close to released saving his skin in one performance like Matsuzaka did on September 8 against Cleveland. (I initially couldn't come up with any parallels, but Chris Young saved himself with a single game twice this season, it seemed.)

Credit to the Mets for sticking with him when nobody else watching saw anything worth keeping.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

It's no surprise to me how "unexpectedly" hale his late-career appearances with us were, considering how much walking he did.

I don't recall seeing a single Gyroball, though.

[Guest themetfairy]

I remember him pitching so slowly that SNY had a Matsuclocka to time him between pitches some time in 2013.

Inconsistent, but with some gems sprinkled in here and there.

[Lefty Specialist]

You were never sure if you were going to get Good Dice-K or Bad Dice-K. Useful in spurts, and despite his erratic use never told Terry Collins to f*ck himself, at least not in English.

[MFS62]

You were never sure if you were going to get Good Dice-K or Bad Dice-K. Useful in spurts, and despite his erratic use never told Terry Collins to f*ck himself, at least not in English.

I case you're interested, when I was in the Army, a guy from Hawaii told me that the Japanese words for that are (I'm trying to do this phonetically, and its been a long time): eye-ICK-a-tie. And I have no way of verifying this.

As for Dice-K, He was fun to watch.

Later

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Considering they got him for nothing, I think he did a nice job. I remember the awful first couple starts, then suddenly getting it together.

He exceeded expectations, which is a nice thing.

[Guest sharpie]

He was the closer for about 15 minutes.

[Edgy MD]

Dice-Kloser! Great IGT, even if it was only 53 posts.

[bmfc1]

With his departure, the average time of MLB games will drop.