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...This Matsui, a switch-hitter, has been coy about coming to the U.S. and will require a posting fee to the Lions if he's to be signed. But he's considered the best athlete in Japanese baseball...
...difference between Matsui and his peers, though, is that an hour after adjusting his coiffure at the Seibu Dome the day before, the durable, switch-hitting shortstop for the Seibu Lions cracked the second pitch he saw for a leadoff home run, played flawlessly in the field and again showed why he may be the best all-around ballplayer in Japan. Los Angeles Dodgers pitching coach Jim Colborn, a former Mariners director of Pacific Rim scouting who coached in Japan, says some three dozen Japanese players could play in the majors. But it's the imminent exodus of top players...
...Hideki Matsui...
...free agent and the best bet to test the market in the U.S., Matsui would deal a major blow to the Giants, who are the Yankees of the Japan League, if he were to depart...
...Kazuo Matsui...