A Japanese baseball pitcher, Daisuke Matsuzaka first earned fame in Japan as a high school standout and then as the ace for the Seibu Lions. He throws two-seam and four-seam fastballs along with a plus curve and a plus slider. Matsuzaka was the ace for Japan in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics as well as the 2006 World Baseball Classic, in which he won the championship game.
Last season didn't go quite as planned for Daisuke Matsuzaka. The Japanese phenom -- for whom the Red Sox paid almost $100 million back in 2006 -- began his season by pitching Japan to the World Baseball Classic title before arriving late to spring training and flopping through the first half of the season. He seemed to have it all worked out by the end of the summer, but still -- Dice-K's ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:27:34 GMTThe top of the Red Sox' rotation is set, with Josh Beckett and Jon Lester serving No. 1 and 1A roles as aces of the staff. Beyond that, the picture is much murkier. Fighting it out for the No. 3 spot in the rotation will be two pitchers who have struggled for consistency throughout their short careers -- Daisuke Matsuzaka and Clay Buchholz. Both arrived on the scene in 2007 as Red Sox rookies ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:27:56 GMTJust for a second, forget about the bargain bin. Forget about the low-risk, high-reward free agents that the Red Sox used to fill up their pitching staff last winter. Forget about risk-averse small signings. Let's talk about going after the sure thing. Let's talk about Randy Wolf. Don't believe it? It's hard to blame you. Nobody believed in Wolf last year when he had just come out of a one-year ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:22:38 GMT
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In Japan's national high school tournament, Matsuzaka threw back-to-back complete game wins, throwing 250 pitches, then pitched an inning in relief the next day. On the fourth day, he started again and again got the win with a complete game, throwing about 400 pitches in four days.
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