Matsuzaka Talks With Sox Going Down to Wire
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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. -- At least from a contractual basis, Joel Pineiro and the Red Sox are hedging their bets regarding what role he will perform this season.
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NEW YORK - Center fielder Carlos Beltran, who met Tuesday with the Yankees, now plans to meet with the Mets. The race to sign the free agent who aided the Astros&#39; recent playoff run is heating up.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka dined with his would-be Boston bosses and took in a Los Angeles Lakers game during a trip to the United States, then headed back to Japan and left his agent to work out a deal with the Red Sox.
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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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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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Though manager Terry Francona wasn't willing to discuss his playoff rotation in the wake of last night's 7-3 win over Oakland, he did allow that there is some wiggle room in the way things are currently set up, with Daisuke Matsuzaka and Curt Schilling following Josh Beckett .
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Carlos Beltran met with Astros officials yesterday, Houston's latest effort to keep the All-Star center fielder who led the team within one win of its first World Series appearance.
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The marketing of Daisuke Matsuzaka is under way as the Boston Red Sox set up their Spring Training camp at Fort Myers, Florida.
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The Yankees answered the Red SoxÂ overwhelming bid for Daisuke Matsuzaka by submitting the highest proposal to talk exclusively with Kei Igawa, a left-hander from the Hanshin Tigers.
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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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Curt Schilling was on his way to the Red Sox' standard pre-series pitchers' meeting when he was asked about how to pitch to Seattle hit machine, Ichiro Suzuki.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka's spring training debut with the Boston Red Sox began when he gave up a leadoff double by a college junior. The Japanese star retired his other six batters Friday night.
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With a week to go before the clock strikes midnight on the Red Sox' quest to sign Daisuke Matsuzaka, perhaps it should not surprise anyone that the Sox are feeling their chances of landing Dice-K are more than a bit dicey.
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As day turned into evening in Southern California yesterday, a source with a direct pipeline to the Daisuke Matsuzaka negotiations reported "no progress" in the Red Sox' attempts to sign the Japanese pitcher, who faces a midnight deadline tomorrow to strike a deal or return to Japan.
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Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called into a sports-talk radio station on Wednesday to dispel speculation that he didn't get along with teammate Pedro MartÃ­nez.
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After 29 days of negotiations that veered from stagnant to tense to successful, the Red Sox and Daisuke Matsuzaka agreed to a six-year, $52 million contract late Wednesday.