Daisuke Matsuzaka -Let The Bidding Begin.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Whacky Matusaka Video. YSG, did you watch this show while in japan? I want my baseball coverage like this, dammit:

[Willets Point]

]I want my baseball coverage like this, dammit

You want a bunch of jocks yelling and acting goofy while random and distracting graphics pop up all over the screen? Try watching ESPN. Or Fox.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think he wants all that but in exotic languages with inside jokes he doesn't get.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I can't seem to access that link, so I don't know what it contains.

I was watching one show that looked like a Japanese version of The Today Show. A happy smiling morning team talking to each other, delivering news and fun features. They switched to the sports guy for a report on the Hanshin Tigers pitcher who the Yankees won the bidding on. (I'm not remembering his name right now.) This was before the winner was announced. They did something where a photo of his head was sticking out of a cartoon car and the car was bouncing around and all kinds of hilarity ensued.

My Japanese wasn't good enough for me to really follow what they were talking about, and I wasn't getting the joke at all. But the Japanese Morning Crew all had a good laugh over it.

The only other baseball coverage I saw was about the Red Sox and Matsusaka. I wasn't getting much of that either. Once, though, they had Red Sox fans in a bar in Boston talking about how great he'd be for them. I was able to hear their words in English, but they had Japanese subtitles displayed on the screen.

[seawolf17]

If you've never watched "MXC" on Spike TV, you're missing out. Funniest show on television.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Right you are, Ken

[Guest Rotblatt]

]Signing pitchers to long term deals is always risky. That being said, i think the BoSox did this just right.

I agree. They outlay a huge amount of cash in the short term, but the posting fee doesn't affect their salary cap, and Matsuzaka's annual salary is very reasonable, even if he only ends up being an average pitcher. In other words, he'll retain some trade value, even with the length of his contract.

My hunch is that Matsuzaka will be very solid for them, if not the ace they paid for. And frankly, I can't wait to see him pitch.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I hope Matsuzaka becomes known as the "Yankee Slayer".

[A Boy Named Seo]

Is that the Japanese version of a White Sox jersey or is that another team? The head on that, um, microphone that chick was wielding was freaking me out.

[Centerfield]

They seemed to be having a ball. A couple questions:

1. When Matsuzaka was batting, was he facing himself?

2. How much would it cost to sign that video version of Matsuzaka? That might be cheaper than signing Zito.

That setup with the markers for "base hits" and cutout baserunners and video pitchers, that's how I want to spend my weekends from now on.

[Willets Point]

Bobby V weighs in on NPB posting system.