Hideki Matsui: “I can remember the exact day that my MLB dream came into existence. It was in the fall of 1999, when I got a chance to watch the Yankees play.
My team, the Yomiuri Giants, had missed the league title, so I had the opportunity to come to the United States to watch the Yankees play the Red Sox in the ALCS.
The Yankees at that time were considered to be in their golden age — so many famous players wearing the pinstripes, the atmosphere of the stadium, and the tension you feel on the skin of your body. I was moved by everything, and my heart was constantly racing as I was watching the game from the stands.
I want to play here. I want to help the Yankees become world champions. These were the thoughts going through my mind during the game....
Even after retiring from professional baseball, I still live in New York, the city I first arrived in with a dream....
This city is a very ‘comfortable’ place for me.
I played for the Yankees for seven years, then had the pleasure of playing for other teams like the Angels, Athletics, and Rays, allowing me to experience living in different places. Anaheim and San Francisco were both wonderful cities. Tampa was the spring training home of the Yankees, so it was a very familiar place and easy to spend time in. The longer I lived in the United States, the more opportunities I had to get to know different cities. But what made New York special to me was always the same no matter where I was living — and it’s still the same. It may be that I have a strong bias toward the city that I first landed in after leaving Japan, but even without that, New York is still a special place for me.” https://t.co/elOboovZpN
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