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Michael considered fate at 10:29   |   Permalink   |   Post a Comment

You're a tourist of le market 

why must you review my comment pre-posting? 

not to mention the royalty money they'll make on apparel.

I had a friend who just got back from japan who said they would only show yankee games and only the innings that Matsui would be at bat. he said it was the weirdest thing to watch. 
Now that the BoSox have come to a deal with Japanese pitcher Matsuzaka - $52 million over six years, in addition to the $51.1 million they paid just to negotiate - Boston businesses think they'll see a boon of tourism dollars as his countrymen travel to the city to see him play:
[20,000 Japanese, on estimate,] will come to Boston annually to watch Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka in a Red Sox uniform.

They're also expected to spend $75 million annually here.
That may or may not be an inflated number. Seatle saw tourism dollars jump ~$20 million when Ichiro Suzuki joined the Mariners.. but then they are an awful lot closer to Japan and border on Vancouver, with its large asian population.

Nevertheless, it makes the $103.1 million (or $17.18 million per year) not seem so bad overall. Now let's just hope he can play.


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