Dice-K, Red Sox open MLB season in Tokyo (AP)

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Complete games were common for Daisuke Matsuzaka in Japan. Then he came to the United States, where pitch counts and caution forced him out of games before he wanted to leave. Red Sox manager Terry Francona let him finish just one of his 32 starts as a rookie last year. It's Year 2 of the Dice-K era and Francona still isn't ready to give his hardworking right-hander the ball and let him keep it...

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