Article: Matsuzaka mania starts to engulf Red Sox

MIAMI: The marketing of Daisuke Matsuzaka is under way as the Boston Red Sox set up their Spring Training camp at Fort Myers, Florida.

The Red Sox announced a partnership with the Japanese electronics company Funai, which will have a media presence at the team's spring training facilities, at the club's Fenway Park home and even when the team is on the road, mlb.com reported.

Funai, which makes televisions, DVD players and recorders, cameras and other electronic equipment, will have its logo prominently displayed when the media mob convenes to interview Matsuzaka at home, on the road and during Spring Training.

Financial details of the deal were not announced.

Matsuzaka mania has already ...

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