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Article: Red Sox Working on Matsuzaka Deal
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- December 13, 2006
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BOSTON - Red Sox president Larry Lucchino and general manager Theo Epstein flew 2,700 miles to Los Angeles to see Daisuke Matsuzaka. The pitching ace traveled twice that distance from Japan. The man they all came to see was Scott Boras, Matsuzaka's agent.
With the clock ticking toward a midnight EST Thursday deadline for Matsuzaka to sign, Lucchino and Epstein planned a day of talks Tuesday with Boras at the agent's offices in Newport Beach, Calif., and hoped Matsuzaka would participate. Lucchino and Epstein left the building where the offices are located shortly before 7 p.m. EST and it was unclear when or if they would return.
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