Damn You To Hell Sports Illustrated!

[beargrowlz]

For putting Dice-K on the cover of your baseball preview.

Sheesh why don't you just shoot him now and get it over with.

*sigh*

[Oilers9911]

You'd think Dice-K was Cy Friggin Young coming back from the dead.

[Desnudo]

How did he end up with "dice-k?"

[bulletsponge]

LOL

[beargrowlz]

How did he end up with "dice-k?"

Not sure. The media was calling him "D-Mat" for awhile. Then it became "Dice-K" and "D-Mat" disappeared.

Heh, read an interview with some Marlins hitters the other day that swore he was throwing the mythical gyro-ball.

[NoMyths]

Why does every effing nickname anymore have to be a variant of the same thing (J-Lo, K-Fed, A-Rod)? Can't we just call the guy Night Train or something?

[bulletsponge]

Why does every effing nickname anymore have to be a variant of the same thing (J-Lo, K-Fed, A-Rod)? Can't we just call the guy Night Train or something?

because the media who create nicknames have zero originality or creativity. thats why they go into journalism

[Drake]

Um, I believe he got that nickname because that's how you pronounce his name. :)

[beargrowlz]

Why does every effing nickname anymore have to be a variant of the same thing (J-Lo, K-Fed, A-Rod)? Can't we just call the guy Night Train or something?

Hrrm, "Pearl Hahbah" Matsuzaka has a nice ring to it.

[Logan]

because the media who create nicknames have zero originality or creativity. thats why they go into journalism

True.

Um, I believe he got that nickname because that's how you pronounce his name. :)

Also true.

Heh, read an interview with some Marlins hitters the other day that swore he was throwing the mythical gyro-ball.

Right around when Spring Training started, I could've sworn I read a quote by one of Boston's scouts or a personnel guy (it was anonymous) that sadly admitted that he doesn't throw the gyroball. I thought it was in a Jayson Stark article, but I can't find it, and people keep talking about it as if he is throwing it. Anybody else hear that?

[Leonidas]

I really have nothing against the guy and hope he never suffers a horrendous injury or have to watch a loved one die in his arms, but deep down I really do hope he bombs for the Red Sox.

[bulletsponge]

I really have nothing against the guy and hope he never suffers a horrendous injury or have to watch a loved one die in his arms, but deep down I really do hope he bombs for the Red Sox.

ditto. the damn media hype secretly makes me want to see him bomb. i got nothin against the guy

[Lathum]

I wonder how much the Yankee's paid SI?

[Franklinnoble]

Hrrm, "Pearl Hahbah" Matsuzaka has a nice ring to it.

Winnah!

[spleen1015]

I like how everyone has been foaming at the mouth today after his performance yesterday.

Uh....did anyone pay attention to the hitters he faced?

[Desnudo]

Hopefully he doesn't understand English and therefore will be immune to comments from the Boston sportswriter and talk radio community.

[VPI97]

For putting Dice-K on the cover of your baseball preview.
Who is Dice-K?

[Ksyrup]

From one of the ESPN.com blogs today, a Marlins hitter was quoted as saying he thought the guy threw upwards of a dozen different pitches, and that when the guy aasked Varitek how many he throws, Varitek said, "I don't know, but I have to use both hands to give the signals."

[NoMyths]

From one of the ESPN.com blogs today, a Marlins hitter was quoted as saying he thought the guy threw upwards of a dozen different pitches, and that when the guy aasked Varitek how many he throws, Varitek said, "I don't know, but I have to use both hands to give the signals."

Funny guy. :)

[cthomer5000]

Daisuke, people.

[vex]

He's on ESPN's baseball preview as well.