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DAISUKE MATSUZAKA

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 2, 2016
Matsuzaka to pitch for Puerto Rico winter ball team
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka joined the Gigantes de Carolina this week to play in Puerto Rico's winter league.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 20, 2016
Matsuzaka poised for winter ball in Puerto Rico
Fukuoka SoftBank pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka has come to terms on a deal that will allow him to play in Puerto Rico's winter league, a Hawks source said Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 24, 2016
Matsuzaka to play winter ball in Puerto Rico
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' Daisuke Matsuzaka is expected to play in the winter leagues in Puerto Rico, manager Kimiyasu Kudo said Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 2, 2016
Matsuzaka flops in long-awaited Hawks debut
Daisuke Matsuzaka auditioned for a spot in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' postseason but flubbed his lines in 7-0 loss to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 1, 2016
Matsuzaka slated to pitch in finale
Daisuke Matsuzaka has been penciled in to pitch in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' final game of the regular season on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 3, 2016
Rehabbing Matsuzaka posts first victory in Japan since 2006
Daisuke Matsuzaka continued his road back to prime time on Saturday, when he allowed a run in five innings to record his first win at any level in Japan since 2006.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 28, 2016
Matsuzaka makes rehab start for Hawks' farm team
Former big leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka threw three scoreless innings in a rehab start for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' third team on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 18, 2016
Former Red Sox reliever Okajima retires
Former Boston reliever Hideki Okajima called it a career on Monday and will throw out the ceremonial opening pitch for the Red Sox against the New York Yankees on Aug. 11.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2016
Matsuzaka struggles in outing on farm
Daisuke Matsuzaka struggled with his control and allowed two runs in two innings on Wednesday for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' Western League farm team against the Chunichi Dragons.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 10, 2016
Hawks' Matsuzaka named starter for preseason game
Daisuke Matsuzaka has been penciled in to make his first start in a year for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in a preseason game next Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 9, 2016
Matsuzaka set for preseason start with Hawks
Daisuke Matsuzaka is expected to make his first start with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' top team in nearly a year in a preseason match.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 4, 2016
Rehabbing Yanagita bashes two mammoth homers
Yuki Yanagita, who is recovering from offseason elbow surgery, hit two monster home runs for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Friday's preseason 3-3 tie against the Hanshin Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 3, 2016
Matsuzaka tosses two perfect innings in first appearance since last May
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched in a game for the first time in 288 days and had two perfect innings for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks on Thursday in their preseason games against the Doosan Bears of South Korea.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 26, 2016
Hawks remove hurler Matsuzaka from projected season-opening rotation
Daisuke Matsuzaka has been dropped from the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks projected season-opening pitching rotation, manager Kimiyasu Kudo revealed Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 13, 2016
Pain-free Matsuzaka tosses 100-pitch session at camp
A year after his Nippon Professional Baseball comeback season consisted of two minor league innings, Daisuke Matsuzaka picked up the pace in camp on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 4, 2016
Lucchino says MLB not an easy move for Japanese players
Larry Lucchino is very comfortable in Japan and it's no wonder why. Lucchino presided over one of the most successful periods in the history of the Boston Red Sox franchise, as the team's president and CEO from 2002-2015, and many of the Japanese players he helped bring on board played a role during those years.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 18, 2015
Injured pitchers Matsuzaka, Otonari done for season
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Kenji Otonari will be lost for the rest of the season, the club said Tuesday.
Japan Times
SPORTS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Jul 17, 2015
Return to Japan leaves Matsuzaka a forgotten man
Former superstar Daisuke Matsuzaka, who returned to Japan after mixed results in eight seasons in the majors to sign with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, has not appeared in a single game for the big club this season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2015
Matsuzaka tosses bullpen session
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has been undergoing rehab for a fatigued right shoulder, threw a bullpen session on Tuesday, his first since March 29.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2015
Matsuzaka says condition improving
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has been sidelined since the start of the season with fatigue in his right shoulder, played a light game of catch to assess his progress at the team's clubhouse facility on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
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Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
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