Red Sox are uncool in Japan

When Junichi Tazawa walks around the baseball fields here, there is no giant pack of Japanese reporters, as there was in 2007 when Daisuke Matsuzaka's every move was chronicled. Perhaps that's because Tazawa has yet to garner the same intense national pride and fan base. He has yet to do anything, really. Except maybe drive a small wedge between the Red Sox and their newly discovered talent pool in Japan. With the signing of Takashi Saito this offseason, the Sox have four Japanese pitchers on their 40-man roster, including Tazawa. He is the youngest and most controversial, given that he eschewed the national draft in Japan to sign with an amateur league before coming to the Sox this winter.