Shades of Pedro? Let's not go that far.

After three months of hype, a $51.1 Million bid, and a $52 million contract, New England finally got a glimpse of their savior in the post-Johnny Damon era. And for the Red Sox it’s so far so good.

Daisuke Matsuzaka gave up a leadoff double, but proceeded to retire the next six hitters, striking out three.

"I wasn't particularly nervous before the game," Matsuzaka said through an interpreter. "So since there was no nervousness, [there was] no relief [that he had gotten past his first game]."

Matsuzaka pitched two innings in a 9-1 win over Boston College.

Wait repeat that again. Boston College? That’s right all this excitement about a team that went 9-21 in the ACC last year, 28-25-1 overall. Yawn. Wake me when he’s pitching against major league teams. Better yet, wait until the regular season starts.

Look I’m not saying the guy won’t be a good pitcher, but let me put this in prospective. This is like getting excited about Peyton Manning throwing for three touchdown passes in the first quarter of a preseason game against IU. So what? He’s a multi-million dollar professional athlete. He should be putting up numbers like that against amateurs.

"I don't mean to be sarcastic, but if he gets rattled against Boston College, we're all in trouble," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "That probably wasn't going to happen."

But even so, it seems as if Red Sox Nation is ready to crown him the next Pedro after just 25 pitches. Lets just hold off on this assessment at least for now. And if come October Dice-K mania is just as big, we’ll revisit the topic.