who is the crazy pitcher from china or japan who has an ERA of .68 or something like that?
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I am sure you are talking about Daisuka Matsuzaka from Japan. \n\nLet me correct your wrong information about him.\n1) Matsuzaka's all time ERA in Japan is 2.89, not .68.\n2) Matsuzak does not throw gyro ball. But he throws 4 or 5 really nasty breaking balls that MLB players are not familiar with.
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He is purported to throw:\n\na fastball (reached 100 during WBC, 1st Japanese pitcher to do so)\na two seam fastball (once called a forkball)\na curve\nslider (reportedly three different ones)\na change up\n\nHe does not throw a "gyroball."  He has said so himself in an interview with Yahoo.com's Jeff Passan.
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The game was completely different back in Cy Young's day and it's not really fair to compare those guys to the ones pitching today. I mean, it's been almost 100 years since Cy Young pitched -- baseball's changed.\n\nI'd take Warren Spahn for lefties (pitched into the sixties, won 360 games, nearly 60% of his decisions) and Roger Clemens for righties (pitching currently in hitter friendly times, 340 wins so far, wins nearly two-thirds his decisions).
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Yeah, it was a bad call, a very bad call in the eighth inning.  Even Stevie Wonder would have been able to see that.  This is another example why baseball needs instant replay, that call wouldn't have been reversed if there had been replay.  Japan should boycott.
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Hank Aaron has 755, but Sadharu Oh in Japan hit 868... Lots of great player's stats were never kept because they were in the Negro Leagues... but the MLB record (for now) belongs to Hammerin' Hank.
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Hank Aaron, i think.you are obviously an Inuyasha fan. Nice.
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i think cy young's victory record is the only record that is unbreakable.  i suppose that doesn't make him necessarily the best.  walter johnson was supposed to be awesome.  ever hear the story about bob feller?  he threw a called strike to a guy, and the batter said "it sounded low."
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I live in Japan and have watched Matsuzaka from his high school days.  He is a good pitcher, but not worth $51 Million.  He will do very well the first year, maybe even up to three years, but he will fade.  As soon as the MLB players learn his pitches, they will hit him just as they did Nomo, and Ishii, and soon Saito.
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1968. Denny McClain won 31 games. He was "the ace" of our staff. He was supposed to kick butt, but it was actually Mickey Lolich who won 3 games in the WORLD Series.\n\nHe even hit a homerun in that series (although I dont remember what game, or off who).
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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the greatest singles hitters ever.
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He was a great pitcher in the 70's I think... He was one of the first pitchers to use an effective sidearm throw.  He was well respected and one of the leaders in his time.  I would try to find out more about him and try to contact him.  He really seems like a great guy! (Good Luck!!)
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Take your pick, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, or Mickey Mantle.  All three hit with power and ran with speed when they were in their prime. \n \nI believe the pitching is watered down now days with some many major league teams that there is not enough solid pitching to go around.  So it's difficult to compare today hitters with players from the 1920s to the 1970s.
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Greetings from inside the Yahoo Brain in New York City!\nHope you're catching the live webcast at: http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/asktheplanet/brain.html !\n\nThe answer is Julio Franco.  He's on the Mets, and plays First Base primarily.  He is 108 years old.\n\nHope this helps!\n\n--J.
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I think Japan will win, and yes I care very much.  I'm leaving to go to the game in a few hours, and I think it has been a huge success (the WBC).  I am impartial as to who wins (I am Mexican-American) because both of my countries are eliminated, but this tournament proved that the more athletic, less muscled up, more agile baseball players are still the most effective. I think Japan will win because Cuba's pitching is exhausted, and Japan plays a better overall game.  Their defense is far better, they get on base a lot, and are superb baserunners and contact hitters.
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Korea might make the last 16. Japan definitely out.
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Japan. They beat Cuba 10-6.
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There is no US All star team in Japan at the moment\n\nThere is a MLB All Star team, so dominicana_luva24 you are out of form aswell.\n\nThey are playing 5 games, i think Arroyo is the next starter, Lackey was one\n\nhttp://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/japan_series/y2006/index.jsp?content=roster_mlb