Former Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka said Tuesday he is glad he can end his 23-year baseball career still loving the game.
The 41-year-old seven-time Japanese Golden Glove winner pitched one last time for the Seibu Lions, the Pacific League club where he started his career at age 18, at MetLife Dome on Tuesday night.
He took to the mound against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters wearing No. 18, the "ace number" he wore in 1999 when he turned pro straight out of Yokohama High School.