are you joking or what? Yeah, I bet if we put together a team of only Japanese players, they'd never be able to beat players from other countries in an international exhibition. They would simply be over matched... That exhibition means nothing. It was before the baseball season, most of the players the Americans sent weren't even in baseball shape yet. Look, Ichiro and Matsui are good but they are rare. Nomo, yea he won games one year, but where is he now? Otsuka isn't that great. I'm just saying the Red Sox must feel like suckers now paying all that money to a mediocre pitcher. Matsuzaka was good against Japanese hitting, but he can't handle MLB hitting. It's way over his league. your views are intriguing to me and i would like to subscribe to your newsletter. :lol: :lol: Simpsons humor never gets old.