Former Yomiuri Giants star Hideki Matsui made news earlier this month with his decision to take a job with the New York Yankees. The move was seen as a curious one here for several reasons.
The question many are asking is: “Why would Matsui take a lower-level job with the Yankees when he could have been the manager of the Giants?”
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Shinzo Abe,
Ichiro Suzuki,
Hideki Matsui,
NPB,
New York Yankees,
Yomiuri Giants,
Daisuke Matsuzaka,
Robert Whiting,
Tsuneo Watanabe,
Shigeo Watanabe,
Fumihiro Fujisawa,
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