If there's anything to be learned from the first half of the 2018 baseball season it's that a lot of people still can't get enough of Daisuke Matsuzaka.
It's been over a decade since his last turn as the ace for the Seibu Lions and also since he helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series. Before this season with the Chunichi Dragons, the last image NPB fans had of Matzuaka was the one inning he pitched for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2016, when he allowed five runs — two earned.
Perhaps absence really makes the heart grow fonder because Matsuzaka, 37, has enjoyed immense popularity in his first season with Chunichi.