Yu Darvish pitched 8 and 1/3 innings of no-run game with 10 strikeouts against New York Yankees. Darvish is 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA for the season. (Photo by Mike Stone/Reuters) NOTE: updated with Hisashi Iwakuma and Yu Darvish facing off on Sept. 14, 2012, And Daisuke Matsuzaka vs Hiroki Kuroda match up on Oct [...]
Japanese fans stand in front of a huge ad with Ichiro. (Toru Hanai/Reuters) It was almost a month ago now, but Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics played an Opening Series in Japan. I was lucky enough to go to Japan for Opening Series between Boston Red Sox and Athletics in 2008 (photo from the trip [...]
Daisuke Matsuzaka had elbow surgery last July, but pitching in Fort Myers. (Photo by Stan Grossfeld/Boston Globe) After $51 million posting, Daisuke Matsuzaka signed 6 years, $52 million contract with the Boston Red Sox. He went 33-15 with 3.72 ERA in his first two years with the team, but 16-15 since, posting ERA of 5.03. [...]
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