After Daisuke Matsuzaka's evening had come to a conclusion following a single to right field by Alex Rodriguez in the eighth inning last night, he doffed his cap to a standing ovation -- one he should have received for resilience alone in surviving his baptism under fire in his first game in the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry. (Full article: 1041 words)

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