Wolfie's driving the DiceK bandwagon, jump on

Watched some of the Daisuke spring training start today. He didn't have his command and still threw 6 innings of no hit baseball. Lets be serious, this guy is a cant miss. I love that little zen warrior. The guy throws 8 pitches for strikes in any count. His change might be his best pitch and it has a rare screwball movement to it (ppl call it the gyro). He gets swings and misses on his fastball when its in the strike zone, not just guys chasing. His right arm MRI came back shockingly flawless despite throwing 250 pitches in a 17 inning HS game and 588 pro innings before he was 21. Hes poetry in motion on the mound. Noone conducted the orchestra like vintage Pedro, but this guy reminds me of him in terms of presence. He doesn't get rattled, absolute stone cold assassin. He doesn't use ice on his arm, seriously, ever. He is going to throw multiple complete games this season. They say he will have even more movement and velocity on his pitches due to the american baseball which is slightly larger and has bigger seems. His first start comes on April 5th (right before Lauzons spike TV premiere) and he will face Ichiro as his first hitter in a MLB game. The same Ichiro who he struck out three times in the same game when he was 21 years old pitching for Seibu. I'm officially driving the Daisuke bandwagon, get on while you can.

-Hansen came in and let up 5 runs and looked terrible. This sucks. The guy has lidge stuff but just can't throw strikes when its important. Been waiting on him to get right for a long time now. Send him to Paw.

-Tough news for the Yankees. Wang will miss most, if not all, of April with a hamstring pull. He has been their anchor and now your looking at Pavano starting opening day. Kei Igawa throws 85 and was a #3 in Japan, the NL hit Pettite for a .280 avg last year and hes already suffering back spasms, and Mussina is coming off a solid year but is 39. Uh, people are worried about our rotation now with JP closing? NYY are gonna need Phil Hughes to be ready for the show soon.