Seibu Lions Use Matsuzaka Posting Fee to Upgrade Bathrooms in Grand Style

When the Boston Red Sox signed Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2007, part of the agreement between Major League Baseball and the Seibu Lions involved a $51,111,111.11 posting fee – a fee that simply allowed the Red Sox to have exclusive rights to negotiate Daisuke (for more, read the US-Japanese Player Contact). And while Dice-K mania reached US soil, it was yet another blow to Japanese baseball as MLB took one more premier players. But, all is not sad for the Seibu Lions. In fact, if you attend a game Seibu Dome you can see (and apparently, feel it) where the Lions used the Daisuke posting fee revenues to renovate the stadium. As reported by the New York Times, much of the money went into porcelain fixtures: With the $51,111,111.11 posting fee the Lions earned from the Red Sox in the deal, they renovated the drab, outdated Seibu Dome, constructing concession stands and seating, resurfacing the playing field, installing an enormous video scoreboard and, most notably, building magnificent ba...