November 09, 2006
Matsuzaka to the Diamondbacks?
That's how WasWatching reads this Google translation.
Proposal of the measure club for the Matuzaka Daisuke pitcher (Seibu) who aims toward the measure transfer with [posuteingu] was closed up on the 8th. It is seen that at present time New York [yankisu] and New York [metsutsu] etc are powerful, but coming here, also the jackpot the team which can be called it surfaced as ahead Matuzaka's transferring. It is Arizonan [daiyamondobatsukusu].
Or it might be a poor translation of this rotowire story.
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That translation is practically useless. I think it's simply the story that the D-backs (and their shiny new uniforms) are involved in the bidding and nothing more.
Third paragrph paints a murkier picture...
"However as for the same paper, there is a limit in entire annual salary amount of the D backs, as for the possibility [yankisu] and [metsutsu] and others exceeding the D backs with bid amount it points out that it is high. The question mark is attached to actualization characteristic of Matuzaka acquisition."
It looks like they are just saying that the DBacks made a bid but that the chances of being outbid by the Mets and/or Yankees is high.
Based on the slightly more clear Babelfish translation, the Major.jp article that WasWatching links to is simply a re-reported version of this East Valley Tribune article discussing the D-backs' intent to bed. It mentions the same Far Eastern scout and the contains the same info as the translated article.
My wife is Japanese, so I asked her to read the original article to me. As was divined from the Babelfish translation, it is just saying that the Diamondbacks are entering the bidding; it specifically cites the East Valley Tribune article.
