Boras is right?

My arm would have fallen off already if I were D.

Ha, tell me about it. I hear the excuse that he would pitch 145+ pitches in Japan, but that was also in a 6 man rotation. Some guys can naturally go late into games, but i'm not convinced Dice-K is one of those guys.

Boras should stick to making players way more $ than they're worth, and let the handling of pitchers go to people who know what they're talking about. The way he's concerned, you'd think he was the owner of the Red Sox. Then again, I'm sure Boras is already tossing numbers around for when Dice-K's a free agent...whenever the hell that is -- probably 6 years from now (can't remember the duration of his contract).

Like the previous poster stated...he averaged well over 100+ pitches a game in Japan, and even throwing 171 pitches in a complete game loss in 2003. Again, like he said, they had a 6-man rotation, and he only made between 27-29 starts a season...but, I'm sure he'll be fine. When will people learn that different pitchers have different capabilities?! He's obviously managed to keep his arm live and fresh this long, I'm pretty sure he would know if his arm was getting "tired". He'll be fine...relax Sox Nation.

His arm is going to fly into the stands one day.

From Wikpedia
"In the quarterfinals of that year's Summer Koshien, Matsuzaka threw 254 pitches in 17 innings in a win over powerhouse PL Gakuen. The next day, trailing by six runs during an 0-6 score at the end of the top of the eighth inning, the team miraculously won the game by scoring 7 runs in the last two innings (four in the eighth and three in the ninth). In that game he started in left field, but came in as a relief in the ninth inning to record a win. In the final, he threw a no-hitter, the second ever in a final."

I agree. As i wrote in the article, it is really important not to pitch while one is tired and i'm pretty positive Dice-K has.