On November 14, the Boston Red Sox won the bidding rights to Matsuzaka with a bid of $51,111,111.11, outbidding the Texas Rangers, New York Mets and New York Yankees. Since then he has been nothing but spectacular, adjusting to American style baseball. In 2007, Dice-K won his major league debut on his way to an excellent 2 years with the Red Sox. Dice-K ended the 2008 regular baseball season with a 18-3 record, throwing 167.2 innings compiling 154 K's and a 2.90 ERA.
This 2007 red alternate jersey is the most desirable style the Red Sox wear. Sewn on the left front tail is the Majestic Athletic size 48 tag. Sewn below is the 18 48 07 swatch tag indicating the number, size and year. Inside is the pro "0062" code. Finally, a Dice-K jersey to hit the market and a red alternate at that. A true relic from the Red Sox ace.
This jersey is accompanied by a LOA from Red Sox/Steiner collectibles.View Lot Detail page