Annnnnd There's The Outing We Were Looking For

Only the 4th matchup of two Japanese-born pitchers in the MLB, Tomo Ohka and Daisuke Matsuzaka faced off at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Daisuke was on fire, giving up only one run, and scattering 5 hits and 3 walks over 7 innings. His control was ON, and he never fell too far into the one-inning ruts we've seen him fall into in recent history.

Lots of rumors seemed to be flying around about why he looked so solid on the mound this time around:
1. He took his side session the day before his start, not the usual middle day
2. He changed his conditioning regimen
3. He threw over 100 warmup pitches... in addition to starting sprints 6 hours before the game, and across the outfield long-toss.

The only one that seems to have been confirmed is number 3... it seems like Daisuke just needs to push himself to the limit to perform better. This might not be the healthiest routine for an entire season, though.