Ichiro lays down a bunt in front of home plate, Matsuzaka runs down and fields it, oh no he slips ! he can barely stand up, looks like his groin is hurting. boy, what a bad break for the 100 million dollar man.

Jerk...

Here's hoping for a good start! "18" is his number here in Japan, and the magic number for a pitcher (being the legendary Sawamura's number). He may well be a good as he's touted. I've watched him since his high school days, and I expect him to win 100+ on this contract with a good team (and though I no longer consider myself a Red Sox fan, they are a good team!).

Theo Epstein .......he makes me puke............Dice K is a national treasure my ass....the Sox just spent $103+ million on one player, $36 million on a scrub and what are they giving to Drew???........the end is truely near

The translator provided by Boras was awfully nervous throughout the press conference, they should've gone with the guy who translated for Hideki Okajima.

Please let this guy's elbow explode in short order. Nothing against him, seems like a great guy. But he'll be a huge asset for the Sox, both in popularity in Japan and on the mound. And they got him dirt cheap. That ain't right.

100 million is dirt cheap?

Matsuzaka will make megabucks someday in a contract extension. Just like Ichiro will probably before the end of this season.

Actually ... I'd say Matsuzaka hasn't done too bad for himself. He's tripled his salary without even becoming a free agent!

Dan,
That's messed up, hoping for an injury. That's beyond the pale, dude. You can root for or against any team you want, but rooting for an injury is really, really wrong and makes you an asshole.

Matsukaza seems to bring out the mean in some people, I've been noticing. It's one thing to hope that this works out badly for Boston; I understand, just as I'm crossing my fingers that the Yankees fall into a black hole and go 79-83 this year. But I recoil from actually articulating a wish that Derek Jeter, like, have a leg fall off or something. :/