Matsuzaka Masterpiece: Glimpses of Greatness in Arm of Teenager (Published 2007)A Daisuke Matsuzaka billboard near Fenway Park. The Red Sox bid $51.1 million to negotiate with him and signed him to a six-year contract worth $52 million. Credit...Chitose Suzuki/Associated Press Daisuke Matsuzaka had dirt on both knees of his gray uniform pants, dirt splattered on the front of his jersey and dirt smudges near his right elbow. He had pitched 16 innings, thrown well over 200 pitc
