Daisuke Matsuzaka Signs Contract with Pacific League's Fukuoka Softbank Hawks

Former Major League pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka signed a contract with Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of the Pacific League in Japan. The news of Matsuzaka's signing was reported by The Japan Times following a season for the New York Mets in 2014. Fukuoka is coming off a championship season and signed a player who led the Pacific League in wins three times previously with the Seibu Lions. Matsuzaka was brought over prior to the 2007 season by the Boston Red Sox but did not live up to the heightened exp...