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TOKYO (AP) -- Godzilla. The nickname is perfect for Hideki Matsui. The Japanese slugger has enormous arms and a monstrous swing that will make him a coveted free agent when he begins shopping...
MINNEAPOLIS -- George W. Bush may be the only person in America who travels with a larger entourage than Hideki Matsui. In the offseason the Japanese superstar signed with the New York Yankees, who create enough of a circus atmosphere...
...win for the Minnesota Twins. No Jeffrey Maier to save the New York Yankees this time. Stewart's leaping grab of Hideki Matsui's ninth-inning drive helped the Twins hold off New York to win 3-1 in Tuesday's AL playoff opener. "Who knows...
...moment join hands and forge a memory and more. So it was Tuesday afternoon in the chill and dank of Yankee Stadium that Hideki Matsui, a marked man in so many ways, grasped the hand of opportunity and, with one swing of his bat, made a mark, a...
...ballgames with a frequency nearly unmatched in Yankees history. Thursday, Wells threw a three-hitter and was backed by Hideki Matsui's third-inning, two-run double as the Yankees completed a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins, 2-0...
...41, 107, 129 BBs, 140 Ks), C Jorge Posada (.281, 30, 101), CF Bernie Williams (.263, 15, 64), LF Hideki Matsui (.287, 16, 106, 42 doubles), 3B Aaron Boone (.254, 6, 31, 8 steals in 54 games with Yankees; .273, 18...
...annoying was the amount of booing, specifically the catcalls directed at Yankees like Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Hideki Matsui. Many boos were profane, others ridiculous. Almost all of it was personal. I don't boo. I respect Jeter, Rodriguez...
...palm trees. Twins starter Joe Mays, who got the win, allowed one run and four hits in three innings. Mays faced Hideki Matsui twice, retiring him on a grounder to third base in the first and a sacrifice fly in the third that scored Nick Johnson...
...with an RBI double just inside the left-field line. Hideki Matsui followed with a run-scoring double, Nick Johnson...scoring position, two at third base. Japanese sensation Hideki Matsui put New York ahead 2-0 in the second when he cranked...
...for bat boys, potential changes to the format of the All-Star game, and the Yankees' pursuit of Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui. Of the eight managers hired since the end of the season, San Francisco's Felipe Alou is the only minority. The...