First Pitch at Fenway - DiceK vs Ichiro - Rob Arra Print
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It's Wednesday, April 11, 2007 and a sellout crowd has packed Fenway Park for the 309th straight game. It's 46 degrees at 7:05 p.m. as Daisuke Matsuzaka throws his first ever pitch at Fenway to his fellow Japanese countryman, Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki. There are 36,630 fans in attendance on this chilly Boston night. Among them is Rob Arra, the best in the business at taking panoramic photographs of sporting events. He snaps DiceK's historic first pitch as the pitcher is in his wind-up, about ready to throw a called strike to Ichiro. "That was a moment that probably only Daisuke and I could have created," Suzuki would later say. And now any Red Sox or DiceK fan can be a part of that moment, courtesy of this stunning print. First Pitch Historic Match Up Only $39 Shipping: USPS First Class To purchase with all major credit cards Framed First Pitch Historic Match Up Only $100 Shipping: UPS Ground To purchase with all major credit cards Print size: 39" x 13½" The caption is in Japanese. It reads: First-Pitch Historic Match Up April 11, 2007 A Panoramic View at Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts USA The Rob Arra Collection The frame is made of black resin. [ more information ] First Pitch Historic Match Up   (with signatures) Only $39 Shipping: USPS First Class To purchase with all major credit cards Framed First Pitch Historic Match Up   (with signatures) Only $100 Shipping: UPS Ground To purchase with all major credit cards Print size: 39" x 13½" With signatures: Facsimile signatures from Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka are on the print. Frame is made of black resin. [ more information ] More background information about this print... First Pitch at Fenway - DiceK vs Ichiro "It wasn't easy to throw with the flashbulbs going off," Matsuzaka said of his first pitch in a home Red Sox uniform. "But I'm glad I got a strike." The much hyped debut of DiceK at Fenway took on even more signifigance because of who that first pitch was against. "He's a hitter that I've wanted to face since my days in Japan," Matsuzaka said of Ichiro, who was 8-for-34 (.235) against Daisuke in the two seasons they squared off in Japan. For the record, DiceK retired Ichiro on a groundout to the pitcher on a 3-2 count. Matsuzaka retired Suzuki all four times they faced during the game, but the Seattle Mariners beat the Red Sox 3-0 to put a damper on the evening. This ballpark panoramic photo was taken by Massachusetts native Rob Arra, who specializes in capturing timeless images of historic baseball games. Rob's one-of-a-kind photos are taken with a specialized camera system that eliminates the blurring and striation often present in panoramic photographs. Posters are available rolled or framed. Standard framing consists of a black composite resin frame, mat, and high quality plexiglass. There is a watermark on the photos on this page for copyright purposes. The watermark will NOT appear on your poster. The caption on these posters is only available in Japanese.

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