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Newly-acquired Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui, center, poses
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Newly-acquired Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui, center, poses
![Newly-acquired Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui, center, poses with manager Mike Scioscia, right, and Tony Reagins, the Angels GM, during a baseball news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, in Anahiem, Calif.](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/94550070/photo/los-angeles-angels-of-anaheim-general-manager-tony-reagins-and-manager-mike-scioscia-help.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=cGF91LATZjYCh5rJtI8NyBSBMIWuiq9nHGlLwOg7EWU=)
Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim addresses the
![Newly-acquired Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui, center, poses with manager Mike Scioscia, right, and Tony Reagins, the Angels GM, during a baseball news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, in Anahiem, Calif.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/m20/m20ort-b78932012z.120120405102949000gbi16nhhe.1.jpg?w=620)
Angels manager Scioscia readies himself for the heat – Orange
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![Newly-acquired Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui, center, poses with manager Mike Scioscia, right, and Tony Reagins, the Angels GM, during a baseball news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, in Anahiem, Calif.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/m20/m20orx-b78932012z.120120405102949000gbi16nhgc.1.jpg?w=620)
Angels manager Scioscia readies himself for the heat – Orange
![Newly-acquired Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui, center, poses with manager Mike Scioscia, right, and Tony Reagins, the Angels GM, during a baseball news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, in Anahiem, Calif.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/m20/m20orr-b78932012z.120120405102949000gbi16nhhc.1.jpg?w=620)
Angels manager Scioscia readies himself for the heat – Orange