Hideki Matsui
ST. PETERSBURG, FL - MAY 30: Outfielder Hideki Matsui #35 of the Tampa Bay Rays watches play rom the dugout against the Chicago White Sox May 30, 2012 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Matsui was not in the starting lineup.
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It was nice to hit the home run ... We lost the game, but from a personal standpoint, it was nice to be able to get that first home run in that moment. ... I think, overall, everything was pretty good from my standpoint.
I was welcomed in a way that I have never experienced in my life before, let's put it that way
It was nice to hit the home run, but we lost the game ... Physically I feel fine. So hopefully I can just keep building from here.More quotes »
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Hideki Matsui joins the Rays
PETERSBURG, Fla. The Tampa Bay Rays purchased the contract of Hideki Matsui from Triple-A Durham.The team announced the move before Tuesday nights game against the Chicago White Sox . Matsui was immediately inserted into manager Joe Maddon s lineup, batting Read more »
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Bay’s Hideki Matsui was out of the starting lineup one day after homering in his Rays debut. He entered in the sixth and went 0 for 2. ■The Orioles, whose season-worst losing streak reached five games, remained tied with Tampa Bay atop the AL East after the from Boston.com Read more »
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Matsui rides with the Bulls
All-Star Hideki Matsui joins the Tampa Bay Rays after a 13-game run with the Durham Bulls. Matsui, the first Japanese-born player to be awarded the World Series MVP in 2009, joined the Durham Bulls as part of a minor league contract with the Rays April 30. from The Chronicle Duke University Read more »
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White Sox beat Rays for 8th straight win
game against the Chicago White Sox, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Photo: Mike Carlson / AP Tampa Bay Rays' Hideki Matsui, center, of Japan, is congratulated by teammate Matt Joyce after hitting a two-run home run during the fifth inning of from Beaumont Enterprise Read more »
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Do They Have Anything Left?
Matsui wasted little time getting back in the swing of things in his first game with the Rays. (ZUMApress.com) Godzilla has a new home, but an old routine. On Tuesday night at Tropicana Field, Hideki Matsui pounded a 401-foot, two-run home run for the Rays, from Sports Illustrated Read more »
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Let the Game Come to You
Matsui catching a fly ball during the Yankees game. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This is such a difficult game to play. It is a game of failures where if you succeed 3 out of 10 times you can earn millions of dollars! That is one of the hardest things to teach from The Little League Coach Read more »
