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Alex Speier, WEEI.com

Alex Speier, WEEI.com

Alex joins Planet Mikey to discuss Dice-K and his recent comments criticizing the Red Sox coaching staff.

Audio|Tue, 28 Jul 2009|More from Planet Mikey

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“…Extend probably true -- true. Now let me ask -- question but Japanese Baseball real quick when when they have the buffet table. After the game did -- the guys -- take their shoes off. You're …”

Dice-K Drama!

Dice-K Drama!

The Sox and Daisuke Matsusaka are in a word of words in the media, and Pete, Lou and Bill break it down.

Audio|Tue, 28 Jul 2009|More from The Big Show

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“…Of doing it's the way that they have done at the year's Japanese Baseball. . Is a cultural thing it is not changed they they have not changed over the years like baseball has evolved here they …”

“…a real name's -- I don't understand it the old days right Japanese baseball's both fifty years behind. That would -- nobody believed in lifting weights this is 2000. The guys like how do you lift …”

John Farrell, Red Sox Pitching Coach

John Farrell, Red Sox Pitching Coach

John responded to Dice-K's comments about his pitching regimen with the Sox and said the situation is disappointing. He also discussed the struggles of John Smoltz and the performance of Clay Buchholz.

Audio|Tue, 28 Jul 2009|More from Red Sox Baseball Coverage

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“…have the utmost respect for. The baseball Mormon culture is that the Japanese baseball league has. We were not all respectable. We acknowledge them -- the promise signing Daisuke. When he came over. No changes were …”

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Report: Sox to meet with Japanese prospect Kikuchi

... of eight major-league teams slated to meet with Kikuchi. Kikuchi is deciding whether to pitch in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league, or to bypass the Japanese draft to sign with a Major League Baseball team as an amateur ...

WEEI.com | 15 Oct 2009

Special Deliveries: Why Japanese and American Pitchers Use Different Mechanics

... touched 100 mph in an exhibition game on Thursday. Such triple-digit readings are nearly unheard of in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) League. Velocity is a less central element of pitching in the Japanese major leagues. Instead ...

WEEI.com | 08 Mar 2009

Unusual, But Not Unprecedented: Tazawa's Red Sox Journey Has Been Made Before

... between Japan and the United States. While there has been a steady influx of established players from the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) League to Major League Baseball, the idea of a Japanese player heading to the U.S. without ...

WEEI.com | 06 Dec 2008

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Report: Red Sox to Meet with Japanese High School Phenom

... of eight major league teams slated to meet with Kikuchi. Kikuchi is deciding whether to pitch in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league, or to bypass the Japanese draft to sign with a Major League Baseball team as an amateur free ...

Blog | 15 Oct 2009 | More from Full Count

Transcript: John Farrell discusses Matsuzaka on Dale & Holley

... to respond to that. But what I will say is this we have the utmost respect for the baseball norms and culture that the Japanese baseball leagues have. We not only respect them but we acknowledged them at the time of signing Daisuke. When he came over ...

Blog | 28 Jul 2009 | More from Full Count

A Tale of Two Pitchers

... dominant pitchers and, above all else, a true leader with a desire to win. In 1998, Kawakami was named Nippon Professional Baseball’s Rookie of the Year after going 14-6 with a 2.57 ERA, and only a year later led the Dragons to the ...

Blog | 19 Jun 2009 | More from LEEInks

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