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    Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔, Matsuzaka Daisuke, [matsɯꜜzaka daꜜisɯ̥ke]; born September 13, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who...
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  • Matsuzaka(松坂) may refer to: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress Teruhisa Matsusaka, Japanese-American mathematician...
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    in 2006 was Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka, who pitched 13 innings and finished with a 3–0 record. Soon after this performance, Matsuzaka received a multimillion-dollar...
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  • was also the 600th World Series game ever played. Starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched five innings of scoreless ball and left in the sixth with...
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  • Japanese race walker Daisuke Kataoka (片岡 大育, born 1988), Japanese golfer Daisuke Maeda (前田 大介), Japanese Paralympic swimmer Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔), retired...
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  • former Chunichi Dragons and Saitama Seibu Lions starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's age group. As per Japanese laws on how children are to be divided...
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    Award. The 2007 World Series had the most Japanese players, with Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima pitching for the Boston Red Sox, and Kazuo Matsui...
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    from the Boston Red Sox for the right to negotiate a contract with Daisuke Matsuzaka. Between 1978 and 2008, the team logo and mascot were based on the...
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    acquired by MLB teams through the posting system are Ichiro Suzuki, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Yu Darvish, Masahiro Tanaka, and Shohei Ohtani. The first three attracted...
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    Red Sox in 2010. He began the year in the starting rotation until Daisuke Matsuzaka came off the disabled list. He later rejoined the rotation due to...
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  • official name Tomoyo Matsuzaka) is a former announcer for Nippon TV in Japan. Shibata is married to baseball pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. They met during the...
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  • "Gyroball". The pitch was included in the arsenal of Daisuke Matsuzaka. However, because Matsuzaka was not yet with the Red Sox, players had to simulate...
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    competed for the rights to negotiate a contract with Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. Boston won with a bid of US$51.1 million and had 30 days to complete...
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    began to earn comparisons to Ohtani. His nickname is a reference to Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was known as "the Monster of the Heisei Era". Major League Baseball...
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    complete game 18 innings was Eiji Bando in a 1958 quarterfinal game. Daisuke Matsuzaka became the last pitcher to pitch a complete game over 15 innings (17...
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    10–6 to be crowned the first champion of the World Baseball Classic. Daisuke Matsuzaka, a Nippon Professional Baseball veteran who was little-known outside...
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    being the namesake of former Major League Baseball pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. "History Matsuzaka.nikkansports.com". 2008-06-09. Archived from the original...
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  • Cleveland. Coming off a lopsided 13–6 loss in 11 innings, Boston sent Daisuke Matsuzaka to the mound to face off with Jake Westbrook for Game 3 at Jacobs...
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    NPB history to reach 100M yen in salary in his third year, after Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2001. His new contract more than tripled his previous salary estimated...
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    other stars from Japan such as Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, and Daisuke Matsuzaka to come over to the States as well. In addition, Nomo is one of only...
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    over the course of his high school career (2004–2006), surpassing Daisuke Matsuzaka's previous national high school record of 423 with Yokohama Senior...
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    the final game 5–3 in 10 innings. For the second straight Classic, Daisuke Matsuzaka was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. As was the case...
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    Ota, Suguru Egawa, Masumi Kuwata, Kazuhiro Kiyohara, Hideki Matsui, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Yu Darvish, Masahiro Tanaka, Yusei Kikuchi, and Shohei Ohtani. There...
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  • pitchers such as Hiroki Kuroda, Noboru Akiyama, Kenjiro Kawasaki, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Yu Darvish and Masumi Kuwata. The most renowned shuuto pitcher in...
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  • actor Richard D. James (Aphex Twin), British electronic musician Daisuke Matsuzaka (born 1980), Boston Red Sox pitcher Thom McGinty, Scottish-Irish street...
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    to ever have won a World Series and World Baseball Classic, after Daisuke Matsuzaka completed the feat. Twelve more players have gone on accomplish the...
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    within one out of the first combined no-hitter in Japan Series play since Daisuke Yamai and Hitoki Iwase threw a combined perfect game for the Chunichi Dragons...
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  • eighth off of J. P. Howell with the run charged to Shields. Starter Daisuke Matsuzaka held the Rays hitless until Carl Crawford singled to lead off the...
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  • Japan Series in 2004 thanks in no small part to the healthy arm of Daisuke Matsuzaka. Also helping the cause offensively was Venezuelan import Alex Cabrera...
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    Tori Matsuzaka (松坂 桃李, Matsuzaka Tōri, born October 17, 1988) is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted as Takeru Shiba/Shinken Red in Samurai Sentai...
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