Lions' Franchise Player?
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A few days ago, I was over at the Seibu Lions' site, and I noticed that most of the player-related merchandise is of Matsuzaka Daisuke. I was sort of surprised, because I expected a lot more Matsui Kazuo stuff. Maybe I'm just coming from a MLB perspective, where everyday players get more "love" than pitchers.
I do understand that Matsuzaka-san was a highly-touted high school megaprospect. However, I would think that the merchandise split would be closer to 50/50, than what seems like 90/10.
Does Matsui's intent to jump to the major leagues have anything to do with the limited amount of merchandise bearing his name or number?
Just curious.
~Chris