Comments on: Daisuke Matsuzaka likely “out for a minimum of a month” http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/19/daisuke-matsuzaka-likely-out-for-a-minimum-of-a-month/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: hardballbalk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/19/daisuke-matsuzaka-likely-out-for-a-minimum-of-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-139554 Thu, 19 May 2011 21:23:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=58368#comment-139554 Man, I bet Ernest Hemingway would have loved Dice-K. The writer cornered the market on characters staring failure and futility in the face but enduring nonetheless. In some manner it’s downright noble of the hurler to head out there knowing he’s fighting a losing battle but giving it a shot. In the end, trying to pitch with a UCL injury is like trying to haul the carcass of a dead marlin back to shore through shark-infested waters. It’s not going to happen.

It’s too bad really, Hemingway’s sequel would have been epic: “Another Farewell to Arms.”

(For those writers out there, this is a useful style resource: http://www.lostgeneration.com/includes/Hemingwaystylesheet.pdf.)

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