Red Sox, Matsuzaka Meet For 'Some Initial Discussions'
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Daisuke Matsuzaka dines with his would-be Boston bosses and takes in a Los Angeles Lakers game, then heads back to Japan and leaves his agent to work out a deal.
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The rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees took on an Asian flavor on Monday when three Japanese players met before their exhibition game.
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DETROIT -- Curt Schilling intercepted Daisuke Matsuzaka in the middle of the visitors' clubhouse yesterday -- no translator required -- whispered a few words of encouragement, and told him to enjoy his time off, the first three-day respite since the start of spring training in which Matsuzaka's every step will not be captured by a photographer's lens.
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Pedro Martinez briefly met with Red Sox owner John Henry and president Larry Lucchino on Wednesday while passing through the international airport.
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The rivalry between the Boston Red Sox  and New York Yankees took on an Asian flavor on Monday when  three Japanese players met before their exhibition game.
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Tony PeÃ±a was interviewed on Wednesday for the Yankeesâ managerial opening and a decision may be made as early as Friday between PeÃ±a, Don Mattingly, and Joe Girardi.
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_ NHL officials and union leaders return to the bargaining table Thursday, marking their first talks since late summer. The players&#39; association on Sept.
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Understandably, Curt Schilling was the first topic of conversation after his performance last night in Boston's 6-2 Game 2 World Series victory. He went six great innings. The game is nine innings.
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It was two batters into the seventh inning when Hideki Okajima, the Red Sox' savior (or at least the one who had earned that title Thursday night), entered last night's game. His bullpen mates, not to mention Daisuke Matsuzaka, the starter who lasted just 5 1/3 innings, surely expected him to do what he had done two nights ...
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The World Series has been over less than 48 hours and already I can&#39;t wait for the free-agent signing period to commence, for the Winter Meetings to unfold, for tensions between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees to escalate to unprecedented levels.
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Now that tense negotiations with the Boston Red Sox have ended for Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka, agent Scott Boras can concentrate on making pitcher Barry Zito the next $100 million man in baseball.
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As Daisuke Matsuzaka prepared to fly from Tokyo for an arrival in Los Angeles tomorrow for the final phase of negotiations with the Red Sox, he may not have been aware that interest in his fate extends to the far reaches of the universe.
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Although Daisuke Matsuzaka would face considerable criticism for going back to Japan because of a squabble over money with the Boston Red Sox, his agent Scott Boras said a return is a strong possibility.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Daisuke Matsuzaka is among the first group of Red Sox pitchers who will throw bullpen sessions today, when the team takes the field for its first official workout of camp.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka smiled at some questions, grew pensive about others and responded with a mixture of diplomacy and directness. In his first spring training news conference Thursday, Boston's $103 million pitcher said he would remain humble as a rookie, apologize to Red Sox teammates if the media crush annoyed them and has had no problems adjusting to his new country.
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The wooing of Daisuke Matsuzaka began with a small dinner party on a Saturday night at Tom Werner's house, a Cape Cod-style home overlooking the green at hole No. 5 at the famed Riviera Country Club, in the shadow of the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles. Theo Epstein, the Red Sox general manager, had called Matsuzaka's agent, Scott Boras, ...
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The Red Sox' Pedro MartÃ­nez met with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in a potential bid to dramatically change his status in the Bronx and in Boston.