Daisuke Matsuzaka on Monday voiced what many World Baseball Classic viewers have wanted to say about the tournament aimed at spurring global interest in the game.
"We have to change the rules. The brackets should be decided by lot," Matsuzaka told reporters Monday at PETCO Park when he was asked to comment on the same matchups observed repeatedly in the WBC.
Japan and South Korea played each other three times in 2006, when the then-Seibu Lions right-hander was named the tournament MVP.
The two Asian teams are set to meet Tuesday for the third time already in the second WBC and possibly two more times if both teams advance to the final round in Los Angeles.