Last winter, he let aging hitters Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon walk despite strong playoff performances.
And who knew that Hideki Matsui eats fried pork before games for good luck?
Hideki Matsui's heroic performance for the Yankees last autumn was loudly celebrated in Japan.
And this winter Steinbrenner signed the top two international players, Japan's Hideki Matsui and Cuba's Jose Contreras.
In general, most of the big signings were disappointments, though Orlando Hernandez and Hideki Matsui were excellent signings.
But Johnny Damon (36) and Hideki Matsui (35), both walked after the 2009 season when the team declined long-term contract offers.
He played rugby in high school and has surrounded himself with friends from the sports world, like Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hideki Matsui.
Likewise, Japanese attendance and television ratings have dropped during the past few years, as star players like Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui have moved stateside.
The Yankees plan to honor the 2009 World Series MVP during a pregame ceremony that day and will give the first 18, 000 fans Hideki Matsui bobbleheads.
The Angels replaced Guerrero with Hideki Matsui, another effective but aging hitter, who also settled for a one-year deal after being cut loose by the suddenly budget conscious Yankees.
New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui, who was known as Godzilla during his years with the Yomiuri Giants for his prodigious home runs, has a legion of fans and gets the Yankees plenty of press coverage in Japan during the season.
To accomplish the desired effect, he assigned a dozen reporters (and himself) to chronicle the game-day activities of an eclectic collection of individuals, from Henry, Lucchino and Epstein to such players as Boston's Bill Mueller and Lou Merloni and New York's Hideki Matsui and Mariano Rivera--and even the guy who's been working the centerfield scoreboard at Fenway for the past dozen years.
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