Matsuzaka :-)

[tamsin]

prawdopodobnie jest to temat dnia bardzo goracy dzisiaj w Japonii (w/g naszej
tv). U nas tez Wszyscy bardzo sie ciesza ze Matsuzaka podpisal kontrakt z
nami, czy w Japonii bardzo rozpaczacie?

Pozdrawiam

[nekos]

bylo cos dzisiaj glosno na ten temat w newsach


Friday, Dec. 15, 2006
Red Sox break bank for Matsuzaka
Pitcher is offered $ 52 million
BOSTON (AP) The $ 51.11 million the Red Sox offered for the rights to Daisuke
Matsuzaka was enough to get the Japanese ace across the Pacific Ocean.


Daisuke Matsuzaka waves to the media after arriving at Hanscom Airport on
Wednesday. Matsuzaka was expected to sign a lucrative contract with the Boston
Red Sox on Thursday. AP PHOTO

It took that much again, and a little more, to fly him the rest of the way to
Boston.

Bridging the economic gap in the most expensive cultural exchange in baseball
history, the Red Sox reached a preliminary agreement Wednesday with Matsuzaka
on a $ 52 million, six-year contract. With $ 103.11 million on the table, the
two sides flew back to Boston on Red Sox owner John Henry's private plane.

"Theo and I were still negotiating terms when we arrived," agent Scott Boras
said after a long day of talks with general manager Theo Epstein. "We finalized
the deal when he arrived in Boston."

The Red Sox planned a 5 p.m. news conference Thursday to announce the deal, a
person familiar with the talks said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Henry declined comment late Wednesday night.

"Tomorrow at Fenway," he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

Matsuzaka gets a $ 2 million signing bonus, $ 6 million next year, $ 8 million
in each of the following three seasons and $ 10 million in each of the final
two years.

The Red Sox won the bidding for Matsuzaka's rights last month, promising to pay
the Seibu Lions $ 51.11 million if they let him leave for the major leagues.
But they had just 30 days