Matsuzaka arrives at spring training
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Dice-K arrived at spring training. And so did crowds of reporters, photographers and television crews who flocked to Florida to chronicle the $100 million Japanese ace's landing. That didn't count the handful of puzzled passers-by who wondered what all the fuss was about Monday at Tampa International Airport. It's all about Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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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 strange, mystical adventures of Daisuke Matsuzaka continue. Japan's megastar, who was anointed as a favorite son in this foreign town because of his array of mesmerizing pitches, his tantalizing potential, and his role as one of the X factors in negating the surging New York Yankees, remains impossible to predict.
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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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In any other year, Daisuke Matsuzaka would have been back in Japan, where spring training camps opened yesterday.
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He won't be upstaging Daisuke Matsuzaka , who is scheduled to make his first spring start tonight against Boston College, but Manny Ram&#xED;rez's spring debut is scheduled to come this afternoon, in an exhibition against the Blue Jays.
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BALTIMORE - Daisuke Matsuzaka's horrid struggles of late aren't due to a physical problem or fatigue or anything that could be defined easily, according to Terry Francona, John Farrell, and Matsuzaka himself.
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Jay Gibbons arrives at spring training unsure of where he'll be playing on Opening Day.
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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Sammy Sosa arrived for spring training with the Texas Rangers early Friday morning, appearing to be in good shape and good spirits after a season out of the game.
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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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Matsui had made 1,251 consecutive starts with the Yomiuri Giants in his native Japan and has played in all 322 games with the Yankees over the last two seasons...Bush&#39;s previous long outing was an eight-inning stint against Oakland on July 20, in which he
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Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is on the verge of completing his championship dream in his first season with the Boston Red Sox, whose 103 million-dollar gamble on "Dice-K" has paid off well.
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TAMPA, Fla.  -- Andy Pettitte arrived at spring training Monday following his ordeal before Congress and threw a bullpen session at the New York Yankees' minor league complex before his scheduled news conference.
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NEW YORK - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi hurled a ceremonial first pitch at the game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, with Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui serving as catcher.
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A pennant on the line, an adopted city&#39;s heart in his hands, a hostile stadium and swarming opponent. Roger Clemens, and a blistering National League Championship Series, have arrived at Game 7. Barely visible
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In the time it took the plane carrying Daisuke Matsuzaka to cross Illinois at 41,000 feet on Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox unveiled their new shortstop, leadoff hitter and best buddy for All-Star slugger David Ortiz.
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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.