Japan Baseball Star Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics

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Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui, of Japan, waits to bat during the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Friday, March 18, 2011, in Glendale, Ariz. (

Ex-Yankee Matsui retires after 20-year career

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Matsui signs one-day contract, retires a Yank

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Japan Baseball Star Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics receives a trophy for hitting 500 career home runs Stock Photo - Alamy

NYY@TB: Matsui gets first hit of 2004 season in Japan

Oakland Athletics' Hideki Matsui, Of Japan, looks to the field as he waits by the batting cage before the Athletics' baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Tuesday, April 12

Yankees former slugger Hideki Matsui elected to NPB Hall of Fame

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