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Okajima's Got A Secret

It appears Hideki Okajima has a secret he's been keeping... a new pitch or two he's been working on in the offseason. He told reporters who asked him about techniques and pitches he'd tried over the winter workouts, and Okajima busted out the English "secret" to make sure nothing got lost in translation-- he wasn't going to tell.

I blame this squarely on the Keeping Up With the Joneses syndrome. Daisuke Matsuzaka has his gyroball. Jonathan Papelbon has his slutter. Okajima is just trying to keep up.

Comments (8)

[ Avery ] says:
on February 13, 2008 3:27 PM

he's so cute. i just want to hug him in that photo.

[ Margaret ] says:
on February 13, 2008 3:49 PM

Hey, do you realize how much frenzy we could create by starting the rumor that Okie has learned how to throw the gyroball, that that's the secret?

OMG GYROBALL!!eleven!

[ Margaret ] says:
on February 13, 2008 3:50 PM

By the way, Josh doesn't seem like the type to name his pitches, but may I suggest, for those stunningly impossible fastballs:

THE EXECUTIONER.

[ jules ] says:
on February 13, 2008 4:08 PM

THE EXECUTIONER.

That's flat-out perfect.

[ Liza ] says:
on February 13, 2008 4:23 PM

I've gotta agree with Jules here.

[ Rachel O ] says:
on February 13, 2008 7:34 PM

haha that's great! It'd be hilarious if he came out one day and announced that as the name of his fastball...the guys would have a field day with that!

[ Twinkie ] says:
on February 13, 2008 9:18 PM

I had the strangest dream about Paps and Okie the other night. It was just wow. Bizarre.

Okie's such a cutie; I can't wait to see what he's got up his sleeve. And the Executioner? Awesome.

[ Me ] says:
on February 14, 2008 8:11 PM

Hey, Oki already has his own pitch -- the Oki Doki. This new one will put him in the lead with special pitches!

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