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    “I’m just happy that after all these years,” Matsui said early Thursday morning, “we were able to win and reach the goal that I had come here for.” He was asked about the pride he felt as a representative of Japanese baseball, and he acknowledged the significance of his achievements to his homeland. "But more so in my mind I feel that I am a member of the Yankees ... I’m a Yankee baseball player." As dignified a Yankee baseball player as the franchise ever dressed. Full Article at NorthJersey.com
    But more so in my mind I feel that I am a member of the Yankees ... I’m a Yankee baseball player.
    Hideki Matsui – Hideki Matsui SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 3 weeks ago
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O'Connor: Time’s right to part ways with Matsui
  1. I’ll see you at the Stadium.
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 3 weeks ago
  2. I hope people don’t think I’m a traitor.
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 3 weeks ago
  3. We scouted him extensively
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 3 weeks ago
  4. When Tom Cruise goes to a London premiere ... he’s not carrying the hopes and dreams of a nation like Hideki. He’s carrying the hopes and dreams of Warner Brothers.
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 3 weeks ago
  5. Hideki came and an entire nation followed ... But he diffused it by being so graceful and accessible. It was a seamless transition. For all the extra press credentials we issued, we never felt like we had any excess.
    Brian Cashman – Brian Cashman SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 3 weeks ago
  6. I’m just happy that after all these years ... we were able to win and reach the goal that I had come here for.
    Hideki Matsui – Hideki Matsui SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 3 weeks ago
  7. and we knew he was in the mold of what you want a true Yankee to be in the way he carried himself, in terms of performance and how he managed everything with grace.
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 3 weeks ago
  8. I got off the plane and there must’ve been 50 reporters there with flashbulbs going off
    Brian Cashman – Brian Cashman SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 3 weeks ago

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