D-Mat Blue Light Special?

The Boston Red Sox hardly got the D-Mat Blue Light Special when they paid $51.1 million just to talk with Japanese pitching sensation, Daisuke Matsuzaka.  Word has it, he is being literally wined and dined by the Red Sox, an organization who must sign D-Mat now, or face ridicule for paying $51.1 mil for nothing. 

It is a virtual guarantee the Red Sox will find some way to sign him.  Heck, they paid $51.1 mil just to talk, what's another several mil to have him pitch?  That's a lot of money to spend on a guy who has not thrown a single pitch in the Major Leagues.  The Chicago White Sox signed Tadahito Iguchi after only seeing him on viedotape, but then again, they didn't pay millions just to talk with him.  Whether or not this works out for Boston has yet to be seen, but I have not seen too many recent examples of gigantic signings resulting in World Championships.  That may not be a good sign for the big-spending Red Sox and Cubs.