Dice-K versus.... Boston College?

This biggest sports event this week involved, oddly enough, the Boston College baseball team. Every spring, the Boston College baseball team plays an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox. The game is ususally the first formal exhibition game the Red Sox play. In the past, this game has generated a lot of media attention because its usually the first time fans get to see new Red Sox in action. A few years back, '04 I think, sports media from around the country ascended on the game to see the first pitches from newly-acquired pitcher Curt Shilling. This weekend, the buzz surrounded Boston's latest pitching sensation, Daisaka Matsuzaka, who made his first appearance. Perhaps "contract sensation" would be a better description than "pitching sensation" because of all the hype around the prolonged negotiations of his $250+ million contract.

In any case, here's an article about it:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-mlb_07_matsuzaka030207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns