Unstoppable Matsui Goes Wild on the Field

Hiroko Tabuchi, reporting from Tokyo:

For this baseball-loving nation, Matsui?s performance at the World Series on Wednesday — hitting a home run, tying a World Series record with six runs batted in and being named the most valuable player — sent a clear message. It put a Japanese player and the Japanese game on the American baseball map more firmly than any compatriot?s performance did.

Sure hope the Yanks re-sign him for next season’s repeat.

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