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Fire goes out for 'Godzilla' Hideki Matsui
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Hideki Matsui to Sign 1-Day Contract with New York Yankees and
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Hideki Matsui New York Yankees Autographed 2003 Upper Deck MVP
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Matsui and the league that Ruth built
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The year that Japanese baseball - and its stars - stepped into the
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Hideki Matsui - Wikipedia
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Welcome to the Sho: Slugger, pitcher Shohei Ohtani dazzling Angels
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Hideki Matsui named World Series MVP after 6-RBI performance in
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Shohei Ohtani becomes third Japanese-born player to reach historic
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Ichiro Suzuki – Society for American Baseball Research
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The Matsui Years