Along with the yin-and-yang of the old guard and the new guys and the
gray hairs and the youth, there is a nice symmetry to Matsui winning the
World Series MVP; it feels like he's standing for all the guys that
came and went since 2000 without getting a ring. Some were good Yankees (Giambi, Moose) and some were douchebags (Johnson, Brown, Sheffield.) Matsui was always the best of them all, a great Yankee. - XMASTIME
Buried in all the excitement yesterday (to me, at least) of Jeter's return/HR and Soriano's return/HR/GWRBI was Hideki Matsui
retiring as a Yankee. Beautiful.
On Sunday, one of the most humble and beloved players to don a Yankee
uniform in the last decade was shown just how much he was appreciated
as he announced his retirement from baseball.
“This moment will be a moment that I will never forget,” Matsui said.
“To be able to retire as a member of the team that I aspired to and
looked up to, I think there is nothing more fulfilling.”
I can still remember his getting his World Series ring
like it was yesterday.
I have never cried in an office. I cannot imagine a setting in which I
would even come close. But I will say that the closest I've ever come is
watching the Yankees' impromptu swarming of Matsui when he was just
announced on the field and given his World Series ring.
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