Seibu Lions star Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Iriki brothers earned their places in the upcoming All-Star series Wednesday as the managers' picks rounded out the 32-man rosters for the Central and Pacific Leagues.
PL manager Sadaharu Oh of the Daiei Hawks assured Matsuzaka his third straight All-Star appearance since his rookie season in 1999, after the right-hander finished second behind Tomohiro Kuroki of the Lotte Marines in fan balloting for this year's three-game series.
Yusaku and Satoshi Iriki, who play for the Yomiuri Giants and the Yakult Swallows, respectively, became the fourth pair of brothers selected in the same year and the first since Seibu pitchers Hirohisa and Masayuki Matsunuma made the PL roster for the 1983 All-Star games.