How long is everyone going to refer to Koji as the "Japanese" pitcher? Shouldn't he just be an Oriole by now?

Peter, that Oriole's pitcher Koji Uehara. Koje is one of us now.

How hard was Uehara throwing? Is his fastball fast enough, or does it have enough movement, to sneak by hitters when his command is lacking?

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Pete's reply: He's a mid-to-high 80s guy. It certainly appeared to be good enough against a pretty good set of hitters today.

Since Uehara doesn't speak english very well, what happens when/if Zaun goes out to visit. Is the team allowed to send out Uehara's interpreter?

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Pete's reply: No. They can only talk to him between innings with the interpreter.

I love hearing about the control. I can only hope that his ability to consistently hit the strike zone rubs off on his younger teammates.

Peter - I must agree with the first two comments. Isn't it rather obvious by his name that he's Japanese? If the O's had traded for Pedro, would you keep saying "former Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez"?

My guess is that Sun style forces you to i.d. him as "Japanese pitcher" on first reference. How about having a talk with your editors?

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Pete's reply: Nobody's telling me to do anything. I'll try to stop using the prefix. Force of habit.

My only concern with Uehara is if the umps are going to respect him and give him the black part of the plate and the close calls.

At least for the next 2 seasons, Huff and Uehara will outshine Texeira and their Top Dollar free agent pitchers. How sweet it will be watching the Yanks continued slide towards mediocrity.as we move up the ladder!.. All they have left is Rivera.....

Pete, do you feel regardless of when Matt is called up, that Zaun will catch Koji? I would think Matt is going to have a lot on his plate, so it might be best to have Zaun be Koji's personal catcher.

Pete, if the injuries keep cropping up to the SPs and Baez remains ineffective, do you sense that the O's might look in the bargain bin again? Pedro is out there. He is not the Pedro of old, but if there is any of the old spark left in him, he would be a nice pick up for what I would have to assume would be at a fair price.

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Pete's reply: I wouldn't rule anything out. They were impressed with Pedro yesterday, even though he wasn't all that impressive.

stevO's - yeah, the Yankees suck. No lineup, no rotation. Good thing for them they at least have a 39 year old closer. But you were just being facetious, right? The Yankees DO suck, but they should have a pretty good team this year. If they don't make the playoffs this year, unless it's because of significant injury to their pitching staff, Girardi won't make it through September.

I think there is still a novelty in having a Japanese pitcher, and that's why you keep hearing the nationality mentioned.

As for his velocity well-how fast was Jamie Moyer?

CSB Jack- I'ts possible Girardi may get thrown under the bus to save face for the front office. If their pitching stays healthy they MAY make the playoffs this year...long in the tooth, mediocre D, slow team speed, overpaid decent starting pitching w/o much depth and unless they retooled the farm system, not much help on the way! Tampa rebuilt and the O's r building the right way, The Yanks r going down. If not this year, there will be no playoffs in the foreseeable future.

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