Matsuzaka looks to repay Red Sox
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The Boston Red Sox spent over $50  million just for the rights to negotiate with Daisuke Matsuzaka  and on Saturday the Japanese pitcher will be expected to repay  some of that fee when he takes to the mound for Game Three of  the World Series against the Colorado Rockies.
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NEWPORT BEACH, California  - Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka has done his homework for next month's spring training with his new Boston Red Sox team mates.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- When Daisuke Matsuzaka walked into the clubhouse yesterday shortly before 4:30 p.m. Central time, arriving on the late bus from the hotel, that was more than fine with his manager. No need for Matsuzaka to get to the ballpark early, not after the stomach ailment that caused him to spend the latter part of Friday night's 10-6 ...
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It wasn't a fair fight. The Red Sox paid $103 million for Daisuke Matsuzaka, who stood on the mound last night facing the perpetually awful Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who boast a team payroll of $24 million.
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The man can pitch. The man can hit. The man can field. Daisuke Matsuzaka played the game of his life last night, picking up the win with 5 1/3 solid innings in the Red Sox' 10-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
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After the J.D. Drew signing marathon finally ended, it seemed there would be a calm period as the Red Sox prepared to head off to Fort Myers to face the inevitable Daisuke Matsuzaka frenzy when pitchers and catchers report Feb. 16.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka has never thrown a major league pitch. Yet, Dice K is everywhere, all the time, as if the globalization of the Red Sox cannot succeed without his face.
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Back from his fact-finding/Matsuzaka-signing mission in Japan, Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino sat down at Fenway Park last night and discussed three pivotal team issues in the winter of 2006-07:
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The agent for Japanese superstar Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Boston Red Sox are facing a Thursday night deadline for signing the pitching phenom.
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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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Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino acknowledges that there is a chance the team could open the 2008 season in Japan, giving Japanese fans a chance to see native son Daisuke Matsuzaka perform in a major league game. Certainly, he said, the club is willing to do so.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka is quickly putting his off-the-field worries behind him. Now, the Japanese ace is hungry for spring training with the Boston Red Sox.
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There were other gifts, golf clubs and books and assorted Boston-themed baubles. But when Red Sox owners met with Daisuke Matsuzaka for the first time last December at owner Tom Werner's house in Pacific Palisades, Calif., the captivating moment came when Werner walked into the room carrying a replica of the 2004 World Series trophy.
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The man with the $100 million arm is eager to add to Boston's rich pitching history. Daisuke Matsuzaka's $52 million, six-year contract was announced Thursday by the Red Sox, who hope he will follow Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez as an ace on the Fenway Park mound.
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Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka was the winning pitcher in Boston's 10-5 victory over the Rockies in Game Three of the World Series on Saturday, bringing the Red Sox within one more victory of the Fall Classic crown.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka had trouble with his control, and A.J. Pierzynski made him pay. The White Sox catcher went 3-for-4 with three RBIs on Thursday night &#151; twice delivering RBI singles after Matsuzaka issued multiple walks &#151; and the Chicago White Sox beat the plummeting Boston Red Sox 4-2.