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Ranking Rookie of the Year winners of 2000s
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Photos: Japan's Favorite Son Hideki Matsui Retires From Baseball - WSJ
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Hideki Matsui reopens baseball clinic, in awe of Shohei Ohtani
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Before they were postseason bound: Yankees
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Watching Durham Bulls Baseball: May 2012
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Baseball games played outside the US
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ODDS and EVENS] Memories of Hideki Matsui and Serena Williams in Their Athletic Prime
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Hideki Matsui named World Series MVP after 6-RBI performance in Game 6
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Watching Durham Bulls Baseball: May 2012