Dice-K : The First Season of the Red Sox $100 Million Man

by Ian Browne, with a Foreword by Terry Francona

• ISBN13: 9781599213477
• ISBN10: 1599213478
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2008-03-18
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

This first-ever biography covers Daisuke Matsuzaka's first season with the Red Sox, and also his early career and childhood in Japan. The author recounts the high school tournament nine years ago in Koshien, where Matsuzaka pitched a complete game of 200 pitches and then won a game in relief the very next day. Word of that achievement reached the San Diego Padres president Larry Lucchino and executive Theo Epstein who, years later in Boston, joined forces to post a record $51-million posting fee for Matsuzaka from his team in Japan, and then signed him to a $50-million contract. It was a whirl of frenzied excitement for all parties, and this book will continue the excitement by detailing Matsuzaka's exploits in the 2007 postseason. A gripping story unlike any other in baseball!

Author Biography

 
 
Ian Browne is “beatwriter” for the official Major League Baseball website, www.mlb.com . He has chronicled the inner workings of the Boston Red Sox on a daily basis since the start of the 2002 season.
 
 
 

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
Koshien-A Star is Born	p. 1
Seibu Sensation	p. 11
World Baseball Classic MVP	p. 23
Monster Post	p. 31
The First Supper	p. 47
Jetting to the Finish	p. 61
Spring Fling	p. 75
Grand Openings 1 and 2	p. 89
Rivalry Initiation, Growing Pains	p. 99
Complete Turnaround	p. 109
Marquee Matchups	p. 117
Summer Wear	p. 131
Rookie Wall	p. 143
A Bubbly Finish	p. 159
Early Playoff Pitfalls	p. 169
Seventh Heaven	p. 181
A World Series Hit	p. 189
Epilogue	p. 201
Index	p. 207
About the Author	p. 219
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