Seems to me they did their homework but underestimated the difficulty of the transition. Asian pitchers have struggled here for whatever reason.
________________________________ From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, June 2, 2011 9:15:00 PM Subject: Re: Dice-K Did you add the 50M talking fee into that? On Jun 2, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: Emotion? > >Competitive fervor, sure. They outposted the Yanks by a lot, but he was the >best >Japanese pitcher, maybe ever. The contract they signed him too was >reasonable.(Barry Zito was the other SP option, and he's making $18m vs. >Daisuke's $10m.) > >He just never could do what he did there over here. >The Sox gambled and lost (except for an amazing 2008.) But I don't think they >were silly about it. > > > >On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > >I never ever, ever, ever liked the deal for Dice-K. I thought we made it out >of >emotion and competitive fervor. > >> >> >> >> >>On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Larry Rupp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>The lack of traffic on this topic has me believe either our group is all on a >>long Memorial Day holiday or just doesn't care anymore for dice - either way >>it >>would appear we no longer have to worry about him on the roster this season >>however didn't we lock him up for 6 years - 2 good years, 2 bad years, this >>season and next year? The pitching market is not looking good this year - >>Yankees are already looking and have come up empty thus far and will drive >>prices high for the limited pitchers potentially on the market. Settle in >>for >>some knuckleballs - and Salty having more passballs... >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>Looks like he will be getting Tommy John-san surgery, effectively ending his >>>time with the Sox. >>>> >>>>http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2011/06/as_daisuke_mats.html >>>> >>>> >>>>Dan D >>>>Central NJ USA >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>"Red >>>>Sox Citizens" group. >>>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>[email protected]. >>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>>> >>>-- >>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>"Red >>>Sox Citizens" group. >>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>[email protected]. >>>For more options, visit this group at >>>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >>> >> >> >>-- >> >>Author of Robot Haiku : Poems for humans to read until their robots decide >>it's >>kill time. >> >>-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"Red >>Sox Citizens" group. >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >> >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red >Sox Citizens" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
