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Daisuke Matsuzaka expected to start Saturday for Boston Red Sox
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Daisuke Matsuzaka throws in intrasquad game
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Daisuke Matsuzaka's Red Sox farewell is more muted than fond
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Boston Red Sox: Daisuke Matsuzaka giving it one last try
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Ex-Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka gets emotional send-off in
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Marlon Byrd designated for assignment by Red Sox - The Boston Globe
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Hernandez upstages Dice-K
Red Sox beat White Sox; Contreras done - The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Tumbling Dice-K on bad mound roll
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Dice-K ready for Boston, Sports
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Daisuke Matsuzaka Had Funny Advice For New Red Sox Masataka Yoshida
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Daisuke Matsuzaka to start Saturday for Red Sox