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Matsui's probable last days as Yank were gems

Wallace Matthews

Newsday columnist Wallace Matthews

Matthews writes on professional sports, with a specialty in professional

In the seventh inning of a decisive World Series game in Yankee Stadium, the Bronx, New York, USA, a crowd of 50,000-plus stood and cheered for a Japanese-born baseball player.

Then, the chant broke out, one that could be understood no matter what a player's native language: "MVP! MVP! MVP!''

Left unsaid was the one word that will probably be said to Matsui, if not today, then sometime...

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