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Word by Word in March 2007
March 31, 2007
I'm ready.
"I've done everything I can do to prepare for opening day. I'm ready."
After the last pitch in the exhibition game.
March 11, 2007
I’m not worried about it at all in my mind.
“They are in the same division and I’ll play against them often. Since I wanted to experiment where I could throw or couldn’t throw, I had this result. I’m not worried about it at all in my mind.”
He allowed 4 runs, including 2 homeruns after pitching 4 innings against the Orioles.
March 10, 2007
I could be totally beat up.
“It would be OK if I got totally beat up in one game. It doesn’t matter so much about giving up any hits or shutting them out at this point; as Igawa-san with the Yankees is in the same position,”
he commented before the Orioles game.
March 6, 2007
I’m planning to win with a few hits.
“Since I’m a freshman in the Major Leagues, I’m planning on winning even if I give up a few hits for now. After letting a runner on, I just thought that I needed to stop them just like a regular season game.”
He got out of three innings against Marlins with no runs.
March 2, 2007
I’m not satisfied with my pitching.
“It was supposed to go outside but ended up inside. I was thinking about my first pitch the whole time, even after I left the mound. Indeed, I was wondering about my pitching during that inning. Technically, I’m not satisfied with my pitching.”
His first pitch to a college player carried to the left and ended up a double. It was his pro début game against a Boston college team.
