Friday, March 02, 2007

Gyro! An Exercise in Hype


Tonight our Asian import Dice-K San makes his big debut against the all powerful Boston College (GO EAGLES!) and the anticipation is palpable. No, really!

Dice-K may or may not have ace quality material right away. He may or may not be the savior of the Boston pitching staff. He may or may not have a magic pitch that defeats evil spirits with its aura rendering spells. He may or may not be a Pokeman.

I guess testing these unknown skills against an OVERMATCHED college team is as good a place to start as any. Those kids are going to get a kick out of the Japanese Media that are swarming the place. The last time a college team got this much international coverage they played lacrosse (allegedly).

So if you want to test the waters of MLB audio around 6 tonight (or NESN I assume), you might get to witness the greatest Japanese import since Pockey. Or you might be privy to an out of place foreign guy get lit up by a group of kids who were playing beer pong last night. Either way it should be a great show.