Handful of players from 'Matsuzaka Generation' still holding on
Daisuke Matsuzaka returned home on Wednesday, solidifying a deal to spend his 20th season in pro baseball with the Saitama Seibu Lions, the club he spent Year 1 with back in 1999. While the reunion angle is nice and all, Matsuzaka's signing is also a ...
The Seibu Lions said Tuesday they have reached an agreement with former major leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is rejoining the Pacific League club after a 14-year hiatus. The 39-year-old right-hander was the Lions' ace from 1999 to 2006 before leaving Japan to pitch in the ...
Daisuke Matsuzaka, who left the Seibu Lions to pitch in the majors 13 years ago, is in line to rejoin the Pacific League club, a source said on Saturday. The 39-year-old Matsuzaka, who was named the NPB Comeback Player of the Year in 2018, pitched ...
The Chunichi Dragons are parting ways with former major leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has been given an opportunity to sign with another team for next season as he works his way back from a right shoulder injury. On Friday, Dragons president Hiroyuki Kato told reporters ...
Daisuke Matsuzaka was yanked after throwing just 32 pitches, during which the former major leaguer allowed eight runs on eight hits and a hit batsman in the Chunichi Dragons' 12-3 Central League loss to the DeNA BayStars on Saturday. Matsuzaka was making just his second ...
Daisuke Matsuzaka takes leave from Dragons to treat shoulder injury
Chunichi Dragons pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka took leave from his Central League club on Sunday in order to treat a right shoulder injury sustained when an overzealous fan pulled his arm last week. Matsuzaka departed the Dragon's preseason camp in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture last Thursday, and ...
Daisuke Matsuzaka to have examination after freak shoulder injury
Chunichi Dragons pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka skipped practice Thursday to seek a second medical opinion about a freak right shoulder injury sustained when an overzealous fan yanked his arm, the Central League club said. According to a club source, the former Boston Red Sox starter departed ...
Former big leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka has another hurdle to clear with inflammation in his right shoulder after a fan pulled his arm during an event at spring training. The Chunichi Dragons said Tuesday that Matsuzaka has been prohibited from throwing after feeling discomfort in his ...
Ryosuke Hirata hits for the cycle as Dragons clobber BayStars
Ryosuke Hirata hit for the cycle, boosting Daisuke Matsuzaka to his fourth straight win as the Chunichi Dragons routed the Yokohama BayStars 11-5 on Thursday. Hirata, batting leadoff for the Central League's last-place Dragons, opened the scoring with a solo homer off BayStars rookie Masaya ...
Koshien: Annual event has provided a century of thrills
Ah, Koshien. The 100th National High School Baseball Tournament gets underway on Sunday at historic Koshien Stadium near Kobe. Organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation in association with the prestigious Asahi Shimbun, the tourney is the largest sporting event in Japan, on par ...
Bringing back Daisuke Matsuzaka could make sense for Dragons
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 ...
Back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh inning by Alfredo Despaigne and Hotaka Yamakawa lifted the Pacific League to a 7-6 victory over the Central League in the NPB All-Star Series opener on Friday night. With the score tied 5-5 in the seventh inning, Fukuoka SoftBank ...
