Roll the Dice-K

Alright it's about 98% official that the Daisuke Matsuzaka experiment has been a colossal failure. Two pretty good seasons, two terrible seasons and we're on a fast track for a close encounter of the third putrid kind. Well, three is just too many in my book. If I'm Tito, I give Dice one more shot to prove he can pitch in the Major Leagues. If he turns in another outing like tonight, either exile him to the bullpen or all the way back to the land of the rising sun for all I care. And I'll tell you what else, Timmy Wakes isn't the answer either.

So what I propose is based off a tidbit I read in the Boston Globe this morning: bring back Pedro Martinez. He wants to pitch again, and has been working out. When we last saw Petey, he was pitching for the Phillies in the 2009 World Series. He started two games in the series, took the loss twice, but did notch a quality start in Game 2 (6 IP, 3 ER, 8 K, 2 BB). For the '09 regular season he was 5-1 with a 3.63 ERA through 9 starts.

Channeling Rick Pitino, the Pedro Martinez of 1998-2004 ain't walking through that door fans. But as a number 5 starter for a team who clearly needs some sort of injection? Why not at the very least give it a whirl? Can he possibly be worse than Dice or Wakes? It's not like it'd be his first rodeo in the hysteria of the AL East. The article this morning said the Red Sox had no interest, but Pedro presumably wouldn't command all that much dough. I mean John Lackey is making $17 million for this team so what's Pedro at $1 mil?

Wake up the damn Bambino and drill him in the ass. The Sox need a lift anyway they can. Why not go back to the future?