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Yu Darvish, Daisuke Matsuzaka and the bravado deficit

Japan starter Yu Darvish pitches against South Korea

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Time plays tricks with the human memory. I appreciate that.

Having written that, what I recall from five years ago, when the Seibu Lions posted Daisuke Matsuzaka, is the excitement over his impending arrival in Major League Baseball. The electric gossip about who was going to win the bidding for him.

The excitement among Red Sox officials, Mets officials, Rangers officials...heaps of...

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