The Red Sox scouted Matsuzaka for years. They spent months formulating a $51.1 million bid just to earn the right to negotiate with him. It took heart-pounding 11th hour negotiations with super-agent Scott Boras to forge a contract in December of 2006.
And so for the next two months, between Matsuzaka signing a six-year, $52 million deal and arriving in Fort Myers for the start of spring training, Boston pulsed with an anticipation akin to the debut of The Beatles.
In Matsuzaka, not only did they secure their next great pitcher in a line that traced from Roger Clemens to Pedro Martinez to Curt Schilling, but they had found the international sensation who could lead them into their next era of championships while becoming a global superstar.
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We just observed another annual April Foolâs Day, and it occurred to me that I didnât know why such a tradition exists. A little research found that nobody really seems to know why, although the idea has existed for several hundred years, by many different cultures.
Some historian try to connect the day of jokes with the early festival of Hilaria which was celebrated in ancient Rome at the end of March by members of the cult of Cvbele, a nature goddess of ancient of Asia Minor. She was adopted by some Romans who dressed up in disguises on her day and played jokes on fellow citizens.
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Been fooled yet?
We don’t mean over the course of your life only a liar says they’ve never been taken but specifically today. Check the calendar and resolve to be even more careful about what you see and hear.
April Fools’ Day, the annual anniversary celebrated by tricksters, pranksters and other perverse sorts, is nothing new and not unique to us, according to history.com but is “celebrated,” for lack of a better term, by many different cultures.
If you’re one who hates surprise parties, or surprises of any fashion, be on your guard.
According to several sources, the Fools’ Day has to do with the calendar, going back to the late 16th century when France shelved the Julian calendar with the New Year beginning with the spring equinox around April 1 and went Gregorian. They called the Julian calendar “the Hindu calendar.” (No fooling.)