Little Known Facts About Boston Red Sox Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaki

Daisuke Matsuzaki will be pitching for the Boston Red Sox in 2007 and for the foreseeable future. When the Red Sox finally closed the deal they found themselves !00 million dollars behind but one major league superstar ahead. Most sportscasters seem to think that the Red Sox got their money's worth. Daisuke is no rookie, he has eight years of professional ( Japanese ) pitching experience behind him. He has an incredible variety of pitches and some equally incredible statistics as a starting pitcher. For baseball aficionados much is already known about Daisuke Matsuzaki. But for the everyday fan, there are still many little known facts about the new Red Sox star. Here are five to wet your appetite.

Daisuke's Mom Named Him for a famous Japanese Baseball player. Before he could throw a ball or even stand up, Daisuke Matsuzaki seemed, to his mother at least, to be destined for great things on the baseball diamond. Of all the illustrious names in Japanese history she determined to call her son the same name as that of Japanese baseball star Daisuke Araki who was famous during the time of her pregnancy . By remarkable coincidence,or a mother's in the womb understanding of her offspring, Daisuke Matsuzaki has more than fulfilled the promise of that name by becoming one of the top pitchers in Japan and the much sought after promise for tomorrow by American Major League teams.

Daisuke's batting average is less than super Because he is such an extraordinary player and because he has been hired on by an American League team, little has been said about the batting accomplishments of Daisuke Matsuzaki. Perhaps this is because those accomplishments are minimal. A little known fact about Daisuke Matsuzaki is that his life time batting average while playing professional baseball in Japan is a very paltry .211. Of course in the American League this will only become a marginal issue in inter-league competition or should the Sox make the World Series. In either case this little known fact about Daisuke Matsuzaki will be of little consequence when measured against the much better known facts about his pitching record.