I'm not so sure about Steve O. His skills are suspect.

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have no problem with his language skills.  It's hard to learn a new
> language when you're in your 30's, and I certainly would be unable to carry
> on an informal conversation in Japanese after being there for 4 years.  I
> agree that your Dice-K idea might work, unless they don't really like each
> other.
>
> As to the reporters demanding the right to ask a guy why he screwed up ...
> F* them.  They are useless leaches.  If they can't write about what they saw
> on the field without imagining themselves to be Woodward and Bernstein, then
> they should give me their jobs.  Any of us could do it as well.
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  Okijima speaks!
>>
>>
>> http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/columns/story?columnist=edes_gordon&id=5416219
>>
>> My comments -
>>
>> - Hard to feel sorry for the guy. I mean, this is his 4th year in the US.
>> If he doesn't speak English yet, or at least enough
>>     to have a simple conversation with his bullpen mates, whose fault is
>> that? I've read that Dice-K actually speaks
>>     English quite well, or at least understands a lot more than people
>> think.... But then again, I have this wacky idea
>>     that people who live here ought to speak our language.....
>>
>> - This whole media thing is bull. Yeah, they are a PITA and many of them
>> try to create news, not just report it. But there
>>     are plenty that are also apologists for the players, or at least
>> aren't looking to kill them, just give them an opening to
>>     state their side. And again, is he just noticing NOW the difference in
>> approach between here and Japan?
>>
>> - I wonder why the Sox wouldn't let Dice-K hang in the BP when he's not
>> pitching? That seems like kind of a simple
>>     (partial) solution to his issue of 'loneliness'. OTOH, it seems like
>> they don't have much of a relationship outside of
>>     the team.
>>
>> Dan D
>> Central NJ USA
>>
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