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TOKYO - Because we are in the land of both the rising sun and all things that concern Daisuke Matsuzaka, one cannot speak with a member of the Red Sox organization without... [link]

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Quite a welcoming party

Tuesday will be Daisuke Matsuzaka’s night to be welcomed home, a welcome that may well turn into a thunderous one. However, there might not be enough battery power left in this city’s cameras to capture the moment in the wake of Hideki Okajima [stats]’s return to the Tokyo Dome on Sunday. “That was a great feeling - I’m retiring,” joked Okajima, who helped the Red Sox [team stats] beat ...
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Ellsbury note

An interesting note on Jacoby Ellsbury from the Associated Press: Terry Francona said today that rookie center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, effective as the leadoff hitter in last year's World Series, probably will bat toward the bottom of the order ...
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Pitching Assignments

Everything seems set until the home opener on April 8. When Josh Beckett will join the rotation is not yet known. F0321 - Exh Hanshin 11PM: Buchholz S0322 - Off S0323 - Exh Yomiuri 6 AM: Wakefield M0324 - Travel T0325 - G1 Oak 6 AM: Matsuzaka/Blanton ...
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A new destination for Red Sox Nation - MLB

WAKKANAI, Japan -- This little fishing town of 41,000 residents is the northernmost city in Japan, a town so remote that it is much closer to Russia than to Tokyo, so cold and windswept in the winter that high barriers line the highway to keep the ...
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Boston Red Sox - So far, so good as interesting scenes abound - The Boston Globe

TOKYO - Scenes from Japan on the long and winding road with the Red Sox: David Ortiz and Daisuke Matsuzaka wore eyeglasses when they participated in the breaking of the sake barrel at an official welcoming party Friday night. "I'd never seen Daisuke ...
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BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer TOKYO -- Excitement ran high during the workout Monday as the regular season opener drew near and helped players overcome some lingering jet lag and lingering sleep issues. "I'm excited," said Dustin ...
The House That Dewey BuiltPitching Matchups, Japanese Vacation
Game One, Tuesday, March 25 6:05AM EST, NESN/ESPN2 Daisuke Matsuzaka at Joe Blanton So, instead of CNBC or Good Morning America, we get to eat our breakfast, run on our treadmills, and shine our shoes to a live regular season baseball game on ...
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Set your alarms, folks; one of the most unique Opening Days in Red Sox history kicks off tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. ET (NESN pregame show at 5 a.m.!) as the Sox take on the A's at the Tokyo Dome. Check back with Extra Bases early and often, as the ...
Diamond HoggersThe Opening Day before Opening Day is tomorrow
Tomorrow morning Baseball Tonight is on at 5 a.m. The first pitch of the regular season is at 6 a.m. We'll be doing a liveblog if we can get up that early. Of course we'll be up. Daisuke Matsuzaka is the starter since Curt Schilling and Josh ...
The BoSox BlogPreview: A’s v Red Sox (3/25-3/26)
The season is here… well sort off. 2 games worth at least. The Red Sox will of course be opening the 2008 season in about 21 hours in Japan against the Oakland A’s. Here’s how everything is setting up: 3/25/08, 6:05ET (AM), ...
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Dice-K, Red Sox open MLB season in Tokyo (AP)
Daisuke Matsuzaka has traveled the globe pitching in big games -- the Olympics, the World Baseball Classic, the World Series. He's won many of them without blinking in the glare of the spotlight. Now comes another, the first game of the major league ...
Complete game by Matsuzaka unlikely in Boston Red Sox opener
TOKYO - Complete games were common for Daisuke Matsuzaka in Japan. Then he came to the United States, where pitch counts and caution forced him out of games before he wanted...
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TOKYO (AP) -- Complete games were common for Daisuke Matsuzaka in Japan.Then he came to the Unit...