I don't think the Sox have any intentions of signing him. They bid so high in order to ensure no one (the Yankees) else could sign him. They get their money back and he goes back to Japan.
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Sox do have leverage, they have some good arms already, there is other available pitchers, they are the only team... [MORE]
Tim Hater
Nov 29, 2006 14:11
THE RED SOX HAVE NO INTENTION OF SIGNING THIS JAPANESE STAR AND NEVER WILL. THE REASON IS SIMPLE FOR THE... [MORE]
PATRICK COX
Nov 17, 2006 23:15
Funny you state such things as, - the Sox have virtually no leverage and that by ALL INDICATIONS the Sox... [MORE]
AMenery
Nov 17, 2006 16:23
I don't think the Sox have any intentions of signing him. They bid so high in order to ensure no...
Tom Donnee
Nov 17, 2006 14:49
I'm a Boston Red Sox fan, and don't mean to excuse the management for paying such an outrageous price. However,... [MORE]
Mark Sullo
Nov 17, 2006 13:09
The money being offered for the rights to Daisuke Matsukaza makes little of no business sense and when any enterprise... [MORE]
JOEL ROBINSON
Nov 17, 2006 07:38
This is the way MLB is constructed. This is the way the posting process is constructed. The Sox bid more... [MORE]
Bosoxwest
Nov 17, 2006 12:50
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