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Just complimenting Moore, as you say.
As you know, the catcher splits are vast the last several years. Yet again in 2009, Johjima's ERA is 4.90 season-long, compared to Rob Johnson's 3.24, and that's the way it's been each year.
Differences in pitchers account for some of this, but c'mon, that's an ERA that is 50% higher.
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I do not doubt in the least that in an absolute sense, it's the American pitchers' fault, not Johjima's.
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What I'd love to see, more than Johjima head back to Japan, is for him to fly the other way to Boston. And SLG .500, run the best CERA on the ballclub, and become a star at age 34.