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Roll of the Daisuke

By Bill Simmons
Page 2

Thursday, April 5, 2007

When my editors asked me to keep a running diary of Daisuke Matsuzaka's first Red Sox start, I wasn't enthused about the idea. After all, the game was taking place in Kansas City and I live in Los Angeles. If I couldn't sit at the Kauffman Stadium press box and write down mundane tidbits while sitting at a crammed table with 20 other sportswriters, the column just wouldn't feel credible. "If I did this from home," I told them, "I'd just feel like some guy or gal sitting on the couch making fun ...

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