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At first blush, Daisuke Matsuzaka's perfect record and low ERA after eight starts would indicate the Red Sox pitcher is having a Cy Young Award-caliber start to his 2008... [link]

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Scouting Report: Yu Darvish, RHP, Nippon Ham Fighters - Dice-K, Watch Out

Daisuke “Dice-K” Matsuzaka had better watch out. There is a new Japanese phenom on the horizon. Yu Darvish, the 6′ 5″ half-Japanese, half-Iranian fire-baller has already won the Japanese equivalent of the Cy Young award as well as the equivalent of the World Series MVP and he’s only 21.
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FLORES PARA LOS METOS!

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Ponson Wins Again As Rangers Edge Royals

I wish Nolan Ryan would have flashed his man boobs.
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