Hideki Matsui said Sunday he is not giving top priority to the duration of a new deal as his contract talks with the New York Yankees enter the final stage.
Tadahito Iguchi of the Chicago White Sox shows Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi how to bunt at Koizumi's official residence on Monday.
"I don't care much about the number of years," Matsui said before a meeting with his agent, Arn Tellem, prior to Tuesday's negotiation deadline with the Yankees as required under the current contract.
"You might think the longer a deal runs, the better. But it's not necessarily so because I can be given the same opportunity as I have now again if it runs over a relatively short period."