Found June 20, 2009 on Mighty Quinn Media Machine:
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So, remember when the consensus was that the Red Sox needed to "manufacture" an injury for David Ortiz to get him put on the DL for a while?I think they really need to that for Daisuke Matsuzaka right now.The only good part about last night was that I didn't witness the early-inning carnage.As I was watching the Brooklyn Cyclones opening night win over the Staten Island Yankees at KeySpan Park, I was checking my cell phone for updates and they were awful from the start. Matsuzaka gave up a home run on the first pitch to Nate McLouth, then the next four batters all reached, with the next run scoring on a bases loaded walk. (Remember last season when he was totally untouchable with the bases loaded? These days I'm having trouble remembering that, too.)He settled down the next three innings, but in the fifth he allowed back-to-back doubles and Terry Francona pulled the plug. There was a smattering of boos as Dice-K departed. Four innings, six earned runs, and the Atla...
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