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Matsuzaka shaky in Japan's 11-2 win in WBC tuneup

Sports Feb. 26, 2009 - 06:38AM JST ( 13 )

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knight55Feb. 26, 2009 - 08:37AM JST

Does anyone have a link to a box score for this and the first game?
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PotsuFeb. 26, 2009 - 10:22AM JST

One of his RedSox nicknames is Porky Pig...
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kwattFeb. 26, 2009 - 11:03AM JST

What happened to Australian players? Lost twice? Not serious about games?
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OsakadazFeb. 26, 2009 - 11:22AM JST

I hjeard they played their B team in the first game against Japan..don't know about the second.Japan are much better than the Aussies at baseball,so who knows.
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ProffessorFeb. 26, 2009 - 02:34PM JST

And I did not even know Aussies can play baseball...lol!
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funkymofoFeb. 26, 2009 - 03:00PM JST

People who can't make the cricket team play baseball in Australia, so we're not much chop at baseball- though I believe we beat Japan in the Sydney Olympics.
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terebikoFeb. 26, 2009 - 03:40PM JST

Some of the Australian players have MLB contracts. Not many, but some...
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blvtzpkFeb. 26, 2009 - 03:43PM JST

Australian national cricket players used to play baseball outside of the cricket season - well, according to something I head Greg Chappell say once. But you would be hard pressed to find a baseball game to watch in Australia - on TV or on the diamond, that's for sure. It's quite a minor sport in comparison with the other pursuits.
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TexasAggieFeb. 26, 2009 - 04:04PM JST

They ran a snippet of the game on ESPN2 here in the States. Man, Matsuzaka really porked up in the off-season. The ESPN commentator said Dice-K looks like a mini-van.

Classic.
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kwattFeb. 26, 2009 - 05:46PM JST

Most Japanese prefer "Yakyuu" game than baseball. In game they love many kinds of play actions such as all players hit balls small (not homerun), get 1st base, move/steal 2nd, 3rd base, and exciting homebase, get more points and much fun about defence play. Japanese love "Yakyuu" not baseball.
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ProffessorFeb. 27, 2009 - 05:51PM JST

kwatt, please come again?
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helloklittyFeb. 27, 2009 - 06:38PM JST

Australians are pretty athletic. I think they could do any sport, when they are not drunk, that they put their minds, too.
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ultradodgyMar. 02, 2009 - 07:28AM JST

I think Kwatt is referring to "small ball", a pretty common thing in MLB that focuses on small victories (bunts, singles, tight fielding) to advance the scoring.

So before this becomes some pseudo-social intellectual digression on Japan playing as a team and Western teams playing as individuals, let's just say that this is by no means a strategy that goes unused by the majors in the US...