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Baseball's Best Young Hitter and Pitcher Play in Japan - The Ringer
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Pinstripe Alley Top 100 Yankees: #87 Hideki Matsui - Pinstripe Alley
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2020 Topps X Derek Jeter Championship Performances Red 1/10 Hideki Matsui #23
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The Matsui Years
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Matsui, Global Citizens Initiative Host Inaugural Golf Classic - Greenwich Sentinel
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Baseball-Ohtani breaks Matsui's record for home runs by a Japanese player
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Hideki Matsui - Wikipedia
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Matsui, an Old Hand, Comes Through at New Stadium - The New York Times
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Matsui and the league that Ruth built