As Japanese Pitcher Waits, Wheeling Outpaces Dealing
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With ThursdayÂs midnight deadline creeping closer, the Red Sox still cannot predict if Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka will be smiling and holding up on of their jerseys anytime soon.
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J.D. Drew is still adjusting to the leadoff spot. Hitting there isn't the problem. Finding his name is.
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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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When Omar Minaya was the general manager of the Expos, most of his major moves had to wait until January, when he could sort through baseball&#39;s bargain bins.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It was a nice handoff, in a manner of speaking. As Jason Varitek walked into the clubhouse at the Red Sox minor league complex after his time with the media -- American and Japanese -- he took his right fist and playfully jammed it into the stomach of Daisuke Matsuzaka, as the pitcher headed outside to ...
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The Yankees introduced a towering starting pitcher on Wednesday, though it was not the one that the baseball world had been waiting to see.
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Hideo Nomo is getting another shot at pitching in America.
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Hideki Okajima became the first Japanese pitcher to take the mound in a World Series on Thursday, the reliever helping the Boston Red Sox pick up a 2-1 Game Two win over the Colorado Rockies.
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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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Ichiro Suzuki stood slightly askew from first base, his batting helmet in hand as he tipped it toward a crowd in the swallows of an October din generally reserved at Safeco Field for pennant races.
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Economy has not been Daisuke Matsuzaka's strong suit during his short major league career and last night was no exception in throwing 110 pitches over six innings in a 9-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
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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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The rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees took on an Asian flavor on Monday when three Japanese players met before their exhibition game.
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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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The star starter and the key reliever for the Mets may seem to have little in common, but both are seeking to defy expectations.
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A 5-foot-6 pitcher from Japan tormented the strapping Little Leaguers from Saudi Arabia on the mound and at the plate.
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SEATTLE/ARLINGTON, Texas  - Japan's Ichiro Suzuki  is poised to break one of the oldest records in major league  baseball.