Almost No Hit

Welcome to Jon the Greater! I can't wait to read about Bronson Arroyo every five days.

Diasuke was on the mound again tonight. The big deal was that he was gonna face Ichiro as his first hitter ever at Fenway. The first game Hideo Nomo, then a Red Sox, pitched against Ichiro in America, he drilled him in the back. Matsuzaka had better luck in the Ichiro battle, getting hime to ground out and fly out...and I think he struck him out too. But he lost the war as the Red Sox were almost no hit by Felix Hernandez and lost 3-0. J.D. Drew led off the eight with a single. I almost wish he didn't. If your gonna get shut out, might as well be no hit.

Diasuke was ok. He wasn't $100 million dollar good. But if it was any other number three starter, I'd be happy with the start. With him and all the hype around him and all the drama about if he'd sign or not, I have really high hopes for him. Not winning 20 games would be a dissapointment. It's early yet though. Pennants aren't won in the first half of the season... but still. 4-4 after eight games without seeing a real team yet. This is kind of scary.