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Hideki Matsui is closer to being a Hall of Famer than you think - Pinstripe Alley
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Hideki matsui hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
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Hideki Matsui designated for assignment by Rays
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Rays, Hideki Matsui Sign Minor League Contract - DRaysBay
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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball, Athletics
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Hideki Matsui (Rays), JUNE 7, 2012 - MLB : Hideki Matsui of the Tampa Bay Rays takes fielding practice before the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in Bronx
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Devil Rays 4-5 Yankees (Apr 12, 2003) Final Score - ESPN
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Hideki Matsui - Wikipedia
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Yankees 12-1 Devil Rays (Mar 31, 2004) Final Score - ESPN
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Hideki Matsui homers in second at-bat with Tampa Bay Rays - ESPN
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Tampa Bay Rays' Hideki Matsui still excited to return to New York
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Matsui hi-res stock photography and images - Page 3 - Alamy
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Before they were postseason bound: Yankees
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Remember Hideki Matsui as he was in the Bronx - POLITICO