D-Mat, Fenway Park's next ace, in fold
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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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Though his last Fenway Park outing was nightmarish -- four runs and six hits in two-thirds of an inning Sept. 26 -- Yankees righthander Kevin Brown was ready to go in a monsoon last night. &quot;He was more antsy than anyone else in our clubhouse,&quot; said pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre . &quot;He went back and forth. He was very anxious ...
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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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Photographers jammed the left-field line from home plate to third base. Daisuke Matsuzaka threw the first pitch of his first batting practice. Then he threw 43 more &#151; fastballs, curves, sliders and changeups. When the Japanese star was done, Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell gave him a positive review.
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They play a mile high and keep their baseballs in a humidor. They were tossing snowballs during practice this week. Their entire payroll is not much more than what the Red Sox paid for the privilege of eating sushi with Daisuke Matsuzaka. And they're on an odds-defying run that would have made a billionaire out of a Vegas dice-roller.
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Though Yankees general manager Brian Cashman did manage to utter the name "Johan Santana" yesterday afternoon at Fenway Park, that was about all that was emanating from the crop of assembled GMs - including the Red Sox' Theo Epstein and the Blue Jays' J.P. Ricciardi - in the way of news. With much of baseball on hold for the holidays, ...
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There are progressions that must continue in Josh Beckett's game. Last season, he went over the 200-inning hump for the first time. He faced American League hitters for the first time and realized how much tougher the lineups with a DH can be.
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The former Red Sox ace formalized a 53 (m) million dollar, four-year contract with the New York Mets today (Thursday) and embraced the idea of helping rebuild a team that has fallen on hard times.
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Forget September call-ups. The Red Sox may tap their minor league system for an extra player or two when the rules allow them to expand their 25-man roster Wednesday, but any help from the farm is likely to pale against the abundance of talent they gain from the return of numerous players, including Trot Nixon , from the disabled list.
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NEW YORK -- Hideki Matsui left his first three at-bats behind him, wasn't worried about delivering with Alex Rodriguez out of the lineup and wasn't bothered by the funky motion of Twins reliever Pat Neshek.
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Dice-K was OK at Petco Park, again. Daisuke Matsuzaka escaped a first-inning jam to outpitch Greg Maddux, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres in a matchup of two of baseball's top teams Friday night.
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Until J.D. Drew starts hitting home runs and driving in big runs, the $14 million-a-year outfielder will not have much comfort in Boston. Nor will he have acceptance.
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While new backup first baseman Sean Casey was being introduced at Fenway Park yesterday, the Red Sox were busy making a signing that could be a harbinger of another move. For their outfield, which already contains Manny Ram&#xED;rez, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Coco Crisp, the Sox will throw into the mix Bobby Kielty, the switch-hitting reserve who joined them ...
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The Red Sox are working hard to fill the sizable rotation void left by three-time Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez, who will be officially unveiled as the newest member of the New York Mets on Thursday morning.
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NEW YORK (Kyodo) New York Mets infielder Kazuo Matsui is being targeted for acquisition by the Boston Red Sox, according to media reports Sunday.
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Fenway Park's legendary left field is a lot less spacious than most. Down the line, it's just 310 feet to the 37-foot-high Green Monster, meaning outfielders don't have much area to cover.
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ie there are no sure things -- was reinforced at Fenway Park last night. Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez came rolling into