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SP Daisuke Matsuzaka
Fast fact: Struck out 10 or more batters 10 times, a season-high 14 three times.
Lowdown: Will he throw six pitches, or will he throw eight? Will he win 15 games, or will he win 20? Will he master a few English phrases, or declaim like Alistair Cooke? Will he feel like a fish out of water, or will he be Neptune? Will he be walled off in his own corner of the clubhouse, or will he dance to reggaeton with Big Papi? Will he own Hideki Matsui, or will Hideki Matsui own him? Will Japanese flags dot Fenway when he pitches, like Dominican flags did for Pedro? And will he still be pitching in October? So many questions.
(Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
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