Susumu Higashi!

Daisuke Matsuzaka and Scott Boras have boarded John Henry's plane for the flight back to Boston. Sources close to the negotiations said no deal is finished, but the sides are close to a final deal.

With a deal possibly being done before they land in Boston, the Red Sox have just about wrapped up there likely #2 starter next season.

Should Matsuzaka sign and start the second game of the season, that would set up a media frenzy at Fenway Park for the home opener, baring any rainouts Matsuzaka would be inline to throw his first Fenway pitch to Japanese superstar Ichiro Suzuki.