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Pinstripe Alley Top 100 Yankees: #87 Hideki Matsui - Pinstripe Alley
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Kazuo Matsui - Wikipedia
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Hideki Matsui World Series Stats by Baseball Almanac
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Shohei Ohtani, Naomi Osaka lead Japanese stars' golden era - Los Angeles Times
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Hideki Matsui to Sign 1-Day Contract with New York Yankees and Retire, News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
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Matsui and the league that Ruth built
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The Matsui Years
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Happy Birthday, Hideki Matsui
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Former Yankee Hideki Matsui speaks in Greenwich
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Japanese pitcher steps into Mariners' spotlight
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Cliff Corcoran: Matsui proved he was one of a kind - Sports Illustrated
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Matsui becomes 1st Japanese-born World Series MVP - The San Diego Union-Tribune