Matsuzaka is prepared to take it to limit
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Regardless of whether he would be handing the ball to Daisuke Matsuzaka today or bidding him adieu until next season, Red Sox manager Terry Francona was persuaded that Matsuzaka was not permanently scarred by his Game 3 start against the Indians, in which the righthander lasted just 4 2/3 innings.
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The Boston Red Sox cannot reduce their $51.1 million bid for Daisuke Matsuzaka in order to sign him, even if his Japanese team agrees to take less, baseball officials said Tuesday.
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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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Craig Biggio says he's more than ready to reach 3,000 hits. To do it in Milwaukee, he'll need to have a very productive game on Tuesday.
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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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Phil Mickelson&#39;s notable move was to take a pass on playing a practice round Wednesday. The reason: Team captain Hal Sutton told his players to prepare for Friday&#39;s first day however each sees fit.
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Asked about his team's batting woes in the World Series, Kaz Matsui turned philosophical. "Hitting," he said Friday through a translator, "isn't an absolute science. Sometimes, we can hit. Sometimes, we can't."
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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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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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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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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Mark Martin has decided he isn't ready to slow down.
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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 Houston Astros' bid to keep Carlos Beltran is coming down to the final day.
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The Red Sox and Japan - two baseball loving nations - are standing by as Boston attempts to beat the deadline for signing pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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The man can pitch. The man can hit. The man can field. Daisuke Matsuzaka played the game of his life last night, picking up the win with 5 1/3 solid innings in the Red Sox' 10-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
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In any other year, Daisuke Matsuzaka would have been back in Japan, where spring training camps opened yesterday.