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...million just for the right to negotiate with the Japanese sensation. The righthander has even inspired some suspicious lore: his "gyroball," a supposedly unhittable sinking fastball (it sounds like a ruse). So buyer beware: while a few highly paid Japanese imports, like Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui of the New York Yankees, became All-Stars, others have memorably struck...
...team is also very deep. Juniors John Baumann and Ben Nwachukwu anchor the Ivy League’s best frontcourt (a lot of good that did Harvard last year) and there are a number of nice options on the perimeter as well, most notably the Japanese sharpshooter ace K.J. Matsui. Try to avoid calling those three-point makes “bombs...
...26th minute, deflecting the point-blank St. Mary’s strike out wide. While Mann was quiet during the second half and first overtime, she once again came up big in the second extra frame, this time with five seconds left in the game. Gael striker Mika Matsui broke through and seemed to have a wide open net. The Crimson’s sixth straight defeat seemingly in hand, Mann lunged out and deflected the possible game-winner. Time expired with Matsui on the ground and the shutout assured. “We lost in overtime on Friday...
...some open looks finally, and once he gets it going he can hit shots with guys draped all over him.” The Lions entered the weekend shooting a league-best .375 from three-point range while holding opponents to .351 shooting. While freshman K.J. Matsui hit two of his three attempts, the rest of the team was just 4-of-21. —Staff writer Caleb W. Peiffer can be reached at cpeiffer@fas.harvard.edu...
...After playing just 10 minutes in the first half, which might not have been such a terrible thing for someone battling the flu, Stehle went all but two in the second. Just over five minutes after the intermission, Stehle stole the ball from Columbia guard K.J. Matsui and took the ball the other way for a layup. His baseline jumper less than a minute later gave the Crimson a two-point lead.After Lions guard Justin Armstrong drained a trifecta to reclaim the lead for Columbia, Stehle answered with a hard-fought layup to pull Harvard even...