Matsu-who?

Apparently the Sox are feeling confident after their first win yesterday. Confident enough to throw some unknown Japanese rookie out there tonight against the Royals.

In honour of that, The Baseball Desert is going all manga today:

(image: Boston Globe)

Unfortunately, I can't read Japanese, so for all I know, the picture caption might be a Shaughnessy-inspired "All members of Red Sox Nation are pathetic fanboy loser bloggers." But I prefer to think that it's more along the lines of "He's here to kick your ass."

First pitch is 2:10pm ET. Miss it at your peril.