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Matsuzaka was born on September 13, 1980, in Koto Ward, [9] He was named after Japanese high school star pitcher Daisuke Araki. [10] Growing up in Koto, Tokyo, he studied kendo from the age of five to nine and began playing organized baseball when he was in third grade.
The Matsuzaka Generation (松坂世代, Matsuzaka Sedai) is a term used to collectively describe the (usually Japanese) baseball players that belong to former Chunichi Dragons and Saitama Seibu Lions starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's age group. [1]
Daisuke Matsuzaka: Familiar with the gyroball, Matsuzaka has stated that he can throw the gyroball, however cannot do so on a consistent basis.A careful computer analysis of Matsuzaka's pitches for the Boston Red Sox for the first half of the 2007 season by Dan Fox of Baseball Prospectus suggests that while Matsuzaka commands a dazzling array of pitches, the gyroball is more myth than reality.
Former Red Sox star, and current New York Mets journeyman, pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka rose to national fame after a 250-pitch, 17-inning effort in 1988 – the day after tossing a 148-pitch ...
Daisuke Matsuzaka capped the feat with a no-hitter in the final against Kyōto Seishō 2010: Kōnan (Okinawa) 82nd: Nichidai-san (Tōkyō) 10 - 5 (12) 92nd: Tōkaidai Sagami (Kanagawa) 13 - 1: 2012: Osaka Tōin (Osaka) 84th: Kōsei Gakuin (Aomori) 7 - 3: 94th: Kōsei Gakuin (Aomori) 3 - 0: The first time the same two teams met in both the ...
In 2006, the Boston Red Sox paid a king’s ransom for the right to sign Daisuke Matsuzaka, a superstar in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league. He hasn’t pitched in the majors since ...
It is commonly thrown by right-handed Japanese pitchers such as Hiroki Kuroda, Noboru Akiyama, Kenjiro Kawasaki, Daisuke Matsuzaka, [1] Yu Darvish [2] and Masumi Kuwata. [3] The most renowned shuuto pitcher in history was Masaji Hiramatsu, whose famous pitch was dubbed the razor shuuto because it seemed to "cut the air" when thrown.
Dice-K may refer to: . a nickname for Daisuke; It may more specifically refer to: Daisuke Enomoto (榎本 大輔; born 1971), Japanese businessman; Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔; born 1980), Japanese pro-baseball player, who also pitched in North American MLB