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by froggywomp
On the lighter side of things, the Boston Red Sox have apparently come to an agreement with Daisuke Matsuzaka, arguably the #1 pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball. This was apparently of such importance that it came up during the State Dept briefing on Six-Party talks regarding North Korea, at which Asst. SecState Christopher Hill started asking reporters what they knew once one of them gave him a tidbit of info (excerpt below the fold).
H/T SOSH Red Sox discussion board (registration required during high traffic periods).
After some fairly bland stuff such as "the purpose is not to talk, the purpose is to come to an agreement and have some effect on the ground," Hill suddenly turns to the question of Matsuzaka:
The briefing then returned to the topic of the North Korean nuclear issue, just as abruptly as it left.
The reason Hill and lots of other people care about Matsuzaka is that he appears to be one of the best pitchers of his generation; if the preliminary reports are true, the Red Sox are spending at least $103 million to acquire him, an unheard of sum for a pitcher yet to face MLB hitters. Many video clips of Matsuzaka performances can be found on Youtube. He was the MVP of the first World Baseball Classic (sort of a world cup for baseball), held earlier this year.
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