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![Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, of Japan, adjusts his cap on the mound against the Baltimore Orioles during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, in Baltimore. ( Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, of Japan, adjusts his cap on the mound against the Baltimore Orioles during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, in Baltimore. (](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PB890J/boston-red-sox-starter-daisuke-matsuzaka-of-japan-adjusts-his-cap-on-the-mound-against-the-baltimore-orioles-during-the-third-inning-of-a-baseball-game-friday-aug-10-2007-in-baltimore-ap-photonick-wass-2PB890J.jpg)
Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, of Japan, adjusts his cap on the mound against the Baltimore Orioles during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, in Baltimore. (
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![Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, of Japan, adjusts his cap on the mound against the Baltimore Orioles during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, in Baltimore. ( Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, of Japan, adjusts his cap on the mound against the Baltimore Orioles during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, in Baltimore. (](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/djg6jc/july-11-2010-toronto-ontario-canada-11-july-2010-red-sox-starter-daisuke-djg6jc.jpg)
Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, of Japan, adjusts his cap on the mound against the Baltimore Orioles during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 10, 2007, in Baltimore. (
![Boston Red Sox' Daisuke Matsuzaka, right, of Japan, waits for Oakland Athletics' Jack Cust, left, to run the bases after Cust hit a home run during the second inning of an MLB Boston Red Sox' Daisuke Matsuzaka, right, of Japan, waits for Oakland Athletics' Jack Cust, left, to run the bases after Cust hit a home run during the second inning of an MLB](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PA9M68/boston-red-sox-daisuke-matsuzaka-right-of-japan-waits-for-oakland-athletics-jack-cust-left-to-run-the-bases-after-cust-hit-a-home-run-during-the-second-inning-of-an-mlb-baseball-game-tuesday-april-1-2008-in-oakland-calif-ap-photoben-margot-2PA9M68.jpg)