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Upper Deck has signed Daisuke to an exclusive memorabilia and autograph deal. According to sources it's a 1 year deal. The price for a Matsuzaka signed baseball in English will be $449.99, while his signature with a Kanji inscription will cost $100 more. It's estimated that Daisuke is being paid approximately $150 per autographed ball.
Would you pay $450 for a Daisuke ball? Would you pay $550 for the ball with a kanji inscription?
Kei Igawa has signed a similar deal, except he is paying Upper Deck $150 per autographed ball. Thank goodness there isn't a huge demand for Kei Igawa balls or else his "paltry" 4 million per year would be gone in no time!
You won this battle Theo Epstein.
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If I agree to pay for a ball from Igawa, does that mean he doesn't get it back and therefore won't be able to start again?
Posted by: attackgerbil | Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 04:01 PM
I don't get the misspelling of "paltry;" is there some joke I'm missing? Igawa chickening out on the mound or something?
Posted by: Andrew F (Sox Fan) | Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 10:33 PM
No, spell check just doesn't pick up when morons use the wrong words!!! Thanks Andrew.
Posted by: John - YF (Trisk) | Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 10:53 PM
zzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by: dc | Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Sorry DC, I will spice up the next one for you.
Posted by: John - YF (Trisk) | Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 11:12 PM
We don't have to worry about any of this because a RS first-baseman will get a hold of all the balls, refuse to give them up, and enter a lengthy legal battle with his own team over them...
...then years later he will return on a division-rival team to beat them with an extra-inning walkoff HR...
Posted by: IronHorse - yf | Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 12:24 AM
just kidding with the z's trisk...it's noteworthy that a d-k signed baseball would fetch so much money...
Posted by: dc | Thursday, August 16, 2007 at 07:43 AM