Damn, The Tickets To See Him Would Have Been Cheaper In Japan

The Red Sox have won the "Great [Daisuke] Matsuzaka Sweepstakes" by offering $45 million to negotiate a contract with the star Japanese pitcher.  That's right.  Forty-five million dollars to merely negotiate a contract.  This money is nothing more than a down payment that gives the Red Sox the right to negotiate with Matsuzaka.  If they can't reach terms of a contract, then I guess they've merely blown $45 million and he'll wind up playing for the Yankees.  Oh, and for those of you who don't know, Matsuzaka's claim to fame is that he can allegedly throw a gyroball.  Now if only I could have spent my teenage years perfecting this pitch.  I'd have totally blown my right elbow for $45 million.

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[~R.]

The thing is, he's even admitted that he's only thrown it a couple of times by 'accident.' That hasn't stopped Japanese physicists from studying the theoretical underpinnings of this pitch. Maybe the $45m will go into a new research lab to turn some pitcher's arm into a rail gun.