Red Sox win rights to Matsuzaka for $51 mil.

Red Sox win rights to Matsuzaka for $51 mil.

TOKYO, Japan - Hidekazu Ota, acting owner of the Pacific League baseball club Seibu Lions, tells reporters at the club office in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Nov. 15 that the Boston Red Sox have won the right to negotiate with right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka.

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