Daisuke Matsui, Japanese soccerstar who recently moved to French Ligue 1 club St Etienne, believed to become a successor of former Japanese soccerstar Hidetoshi Nakata in European football competition.
St Etienne chief executive Vincent Tong-Cuong also believe that Matsui to become one of Japanese football legend in europe. “Matsui is a beautiful player, with very good [...]
Born in Hiroshima, Kashiwa Daisuke (柏大輔) started off as the composer and guitarist of postrock band Yodaka in 2001. Having evaluated their sound, the band has been praised by Jim O’Rourke. Being inspired by the band’s psychedelic sound due to a postrock approach, and by Maurizio Bianchi, he started a solo project in 2004.As a solo artist his idea is to create not only acoustic, but also
Korean Judoka Jung Bu Kyung faces Daisuke Nakamura @ Dream 3 in Japan.
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Earlier today we reported the Nike Air Force 1 Supreme designed for Yi Jianlian, here’s an updated look of the model designed for Daisuke Matsuzaka. This pair appears in Supreme materials including pony hair and a Dragon like textured pattern.
In addition, the Dragon emblem is printed on the insole and heel along with Matsuzaka’s [...]
The Nike Air Force 1 Supreme Daisuke Matsuzaka and Air Force 1 Supreme Yi Jian Lian are part of the Nike Influencer Pack (Asia). We told you about these shoes a few months ago and now they are available. These are the only two shoes that have been released from the pack so [...]
I was hanging out on Wednesday night with a few friends that are sushi chefs in the Boston area and heard on good authority that my former favorite sushi restaurant is in fact one of Daisuke Matsuzaka's favorites. If you don't know who Dice-K is, crawl out of your fallout shelter and watch a Red Sox game or two.Why is it my former favorite? Well for one, it's a bit far away - my office used to be right out there in Natick, so I'd swing by after work to grab a bite to eat. Now my office is downtown. Weeks go by without me needing to hop in my car. Reason number two is that when eating alone, it's nice to be able to sit at the bar and chat with the sushi chefs. All of the chefs that I liked ended up moving to other restaurants. As a result, I only make it out to Oga's once every few months. How often does Daisuke eat there? I was told once a week. How often does his wife eat there? Once or twice a week. Daisuke's a pretty busy guy, so often times it's just his wife and
Earlier today Boston Red Sox fans got to see Daisuke Matsuzaka pitch and what a show he put on. Matsuzaka pitched 7 innings, allowed 6 hits, 1 run, had 1 walk, and 10 strikeouts against the Kansas City Royals. He threw a total of 108 pitches, with 74 of them being strikes. The Red Sox won the game 4-1, and Matsuzaka is 1-0. Yes it was against the Royals, but it still was impressive how he changed his pitches against batters and his approach against them. He definitely had them fooled as some of them looked lost when swinging and missing, or taking a call third-strike from the umpire. He looks like a special pitcher and Red Sox fans hope he can continue this kind of dominance over other teams/better teams such as the New York Yankees.
First the “gyroball.” Now a knuckleball for Daisuke Matsuzaka. He had stated during his press conference that he was had fooled around with the knuckleball but had very little success with it.
If I can keep my form and throw a knuckleball - it would be great. I tried it in L.A., but it didn't work.
Well it seems that he may have found a teacher. Tim Wakefield said on Saturday that he would be willing to teach Matsuzaka the knuckleball.
"Somebody told me he wants to learn how to throw a knuckleball, so I'll be glad to teach him," Wakefield said Saturday. "I worked with some of the young kids in our organization and elsewhere (and) I can teach him how I hold it and how to throw it, but it's up to the individual to kind of have the feel to take the spin off the ball"
Matsuzaka already has 6 pitches not including the gyroball (fastball, changeup, curveball, slider, cutter, and a splitter). Adding another would only make him more dangerous.
Being a student of th
Here is a link to a very interesting article written by Gordon Edes of the Boston Globe. In the article, he talks about all the things the Red Sox have done or are going to do in regards to Daisuke Matsuzaka. The article is six pages long.
Here are a few excerpts from it:
Goodies for the fans? The Sox have plans, on days that Matsuzaka pitches, to hold back 20-30 tickets and offer the “Matsuzaka experience.” For a premium price (yet to be set, but sure to be lots of yen), fans will be invited to the park early, receive a Matsuzaka Sox jersey, and have dinner at one of the team’s restaurants.
I think this is a pretty cool idea. Depending on the price, it would be something I might consider doing. But I am sure this ticket, like all Red Sox tickets, would be very hard to get. Especially the Opening Day ticket, since he is projected to start it at Fenway against Ichiro and the Seattle Mariners.
And if the Sox can’t do enough for Matsuzaka, Boras will. The agent say
Another fellow who will probably bring us all a world of content this year is Daisuke Matsuzaka. I'm sure ESPN will cover every game he does initially, but it should be some good stuff.This video above features Daisuke in a commercial for Asashi Super Dry Beer. Ok, I am assuming he does not chug the whole thing in the spot, but boy, can he chug it down (ok, so it looks like he did). He dons the Red Sox uniform and struts his stuff, it's all good. He stands proud, confident and sure of himself; therefore, he'd better keep that composure when he hits Fenway.Assuming he can chug beer like that, he'll fit in Boston just fine.Hehe.
Earlier today we reported the Nike Air Force 1 Supreme designed for Yi Jianlian, here's an updated look of the model designed for Daisuke Matsuzaka. This pair appears in Supreme materials including pony hair and a Dragon like textured pattern.
In addition, the Dragon emblem is printed on the insole ...
