The Red Sox beat the Indians in the American League Championship and got the ticket to the 2007 World Series. At the pitching mound there are two Japanese pitchers. The Red Sox’s starting pitcher in the championship game was Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is Japanese. (He was bought by The Red Sox for 100 million dollars.) Matsuzaka allowed just two points in five innings and was the winning pitcher.
After Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima also went to the mound. He is also Japanese, and he joined the Red Sox this year. After doing a great job of pitching in the regular season, he was chosen for the All Star games. Okajima shut out two innings perfectly, so he also contributed to the Red Sox's American League pennant win.
They played in the 2007 World Series and they won!
The two men are very important players. At one time the Japanese baseball league bought many American baseball players, but now American baseball teams want Japanese players even if it takes so much money. We are proud of them. Now that the Japanese players show an ability for playing baseball equal to that of American players, someday a Japanese league will be strong.
Note: For a photo of Matsuzaka and Okajima, visit this Web site:
http://mlb.yahoo.co.jp/photo/?f=3813
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