March 17, 2008, 12:21 PM
610 The weight (6 lbs, 10 ounces) of the baby boy born to Daisuke and Tomoyo Matsuzaka on March 15. The Red Sox star pitcher will now be able to travel to his native Japan for the club's season opener on March 25 against Oakland. Tim Wakefield, commenting on both Dice-K and Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima, also from Japan, said, "I'm sure they have rock star status over there, and it will be interesting to see how the fans react to those guys." I've been to Japan and seen baseball played over there - rock star status doesn't even come close to the reaction those guys will get.

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