Naplesnews - - EMI Music Marketing announced today the upcoming album "Music From The Mound" from Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. EMI will distribute the album in the United States, Toshiba/EMI will distribute the album in Japan. "Music From The Mound" features a compilation of Matsuzaka's favorite and inspirational songs from various American, English and Japanese recording artists. The album also features the new original track "Gyro Ball", which includes guest performances from former J. Geils harmonica player Magic Dick, former Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt as well as Boston Red Sox television announcers Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy.

If you watched the Sox game tonight then you heard the world's greatest broadcast team introduce the first cut of the new Dr. Charles Steinburg, er, Dice K CD that is coming out. The clip they played was really just some remix techno track with Don and Jerry saying things like "That looked like the Gyro Ball" and "Look at the movement on the Gyro Ball" while a lay over voice repeats "GY-RO BALL." The name of the song of course is "Gyro Ball."

What is even more ridiculous is that the album is co-executive produced by Boras Marketing. Apparently this is one of the things Scott Boras was able to get the Sox to agree to during contract negotiations. Is it possible that Boras felt like he had to try and do something else to make Dice K some more money?