are you retarded? matsuzaka was under contract with another team in another league. the other team did not have to allow him to speak with other team.

also, that fee really was a fee to sign him. had boston not come to an agreement, they $50m would have been refunded.

these situations are not even closely related. in fact, the only similarity is that they both involve nl east teams. you're making a gigantic stretch to call it a requirement to include something about matsuzaka. in fact, it's a stretch to even include it at all. the author was right to ignore the situation and focus solely on clemens.
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