NEW YORK - JANUARY 14: Japanese baseball player Hideki Matsui (C) is all thumbs up as he poses with New York Yankees manager Joe Torre (L) and Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens at a news conference introducing Matsui as a new Yankee January 14, 2003 in New York City. Matsui, a three-time MVP with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central league, signed a three-year $21million contract with the Yankees (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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