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Opening Day Homecoming for Matsui
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Hideki Matsui, the World Series most valuable player, received the longest reception during the ring ceremony Tuesday and got hugs from former teammates. More Photos »
The old place is just a shell now, on its way down. The new place is acquiring its own character, its own history.
Yankee Stadium never lacks for great moments.
With a cold November still echoing in the eaves, a chilly April came around on Tuesday, bringing one of the great moments for the new place.
Hideki Matsui came home.
He had joked that the fans would boo him, but that was ballplayer humor, to hide the bonds he has to this place, to this team.
¡ÈYankee fans are not complicated at all,¡É Matsui said before the game. ¡ÈThey want their team to win.¡É
They do, but over the years the fans have also come to expect the emotional moments and the odd moments with the 27 championships ¡½ Lou Gehrig¡Çs speech, Babe Ruth¡Çs multiple farewells, Billy Martin¡Çs comings and goings. Brian Cashman, the general manager, recalled Phil Rizzuto¡Çs being knocked down by a cow ¡½ a holy cow, of course ¡½ while being honored at home plate.
Stuff happens in this part of the Bronx, including the fake ring a certain captain arranged to be handed to Matsui. In his politeness, however, Matsui did not open the box to inspect the ring, so the scam of giving him a spring training gimcrack did not faze him. Well, nothing fazes Matsui, even an 0-for-5 day, even Chan Ho Park¡Çs throwing two pitches near his knees with two strikes on him ¡½ normal baseball, on a day when Mariano Rivera preserved a 7-5 victory.
The fans had it both ways at the home opener, with Matsui ¡½ a classic Yankee the first time he ever put on the stripes ¡½ coming back in the gray road uniform of the Angels. It was the first time he had been back since driving in six runs in the sixth and clinching game of the World Series.
NY Yankees show Hideki Matsui the love -- even though he's an Angel now
April 13, 2010, 8:30PM
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NEW YORK ¡½ That face, so impassive and craggy and familiar, appeared on the center-field video board and the Yankee Stadium faithful responded. They rose and roared. Hideki Matsui, the MVP of the 2009 World Series, stood at the top of the opposing dugout wearing the red of the Los Angeles Angels.
His countenance did not waver. But inside, he said later, his emotions began to well.
¡ÈI was very deeply moved by that moment,¡É Matsui said through his long-time interpreter, Roger Kahlon. ¡ÈIt¡Çs something that I did not anticipate at all. It¡Çs something that I will remember forever.¡É