Near deal? Matsuzaka arrives in Boston
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Daisuke Matsuzaka arrived in Boston on Wednesday with Red Sox officials as the sides neared agreement on a $52 million, six-year contract.
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Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is set to make history as the most expensive Japanese player to enter Major League Baseball after the Boston Red Sox sealed a record-breaking deal worth a total $103.1 million.
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Chris Carpenter and Roy Halladay were in top form Sunday. Daisuke Matsuzaka could hardly say the same. Boston's $103 million pitcher with the winning smile allowed homers to two non-roster players, struggled with his control and even threw away a potential double-play grounder in his home debut against a major league team.
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BOSTON - Catcher Jason Varitek is staying in Boston, the latest prize in a flurry of free-agent deals by the Red Sox since Pedro Martinez left town.
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Boston CEO Larry Lucchino arrived in Japan promising a mini-World Series parade and extending an invite for the Land of the Rising Sun to join the 'Red Sox Nation'.
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BOSTON -- The Red Sox agreed to a contract with a Japanese pitcher _ no, not that one. In the midst of negotiations with potential ace Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Red Sox agreed Thursday to a two-year contract with left-handed reliever Hideki Okajima.
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Jason Varitek has a new deal and three new starting pitchers to catch with the Boston Red Sox. Boston&#39;s free-agent catcher agreed to a contract, the team confirmed Friday.
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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's debut with the Boston Red Sox was a success, and Ryan Howard's first at-bat of spring training was an immediate reminder of his power surge last season.
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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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New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya talks to media about a possible signing of Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez to the New York Mets at the MLB winter meetings in Anaheim, Calif.
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After Red Sox manager Terry Francona said yesterday afternoon that Wednesday's starter was TBA (to be announced) - ordinarily, it would be Daisuke Matsuzaka's day - the Japanese righthander informed Japanese reporters he had been told he would be pitching Saturday.
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The news that Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki , frustrated by years of losing in Seattle, may explore free agency after the season has not been lost on Daisuke Matsuzaka .
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The Boston Red Sox arrived at Fenway Park at 4:20 am EST Thursday, but that didn&#39;t deter a number of elated fans from demonstrating their undying passion by meeting the team&#39;s bus on Yawkey Way.
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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 teammates.
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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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So it begins, the makeover of the world champion Red Sox. Gabe Kapler yesterday became the first man out when he signed for about $2 million to play next season for the Yomiuri Giants, the Japanese juggernaut that produced home run king Sadaharu Oh and Yankees left fielder Hideki Matsui .