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Tampa Bay Rays designate Hideki Matsui for assignment, ushering in
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Yankees' Anthony Volpe gets day off for first time this season
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Tampa Bay Rays: What Trade for INF Ryan Roberts Means for Evan
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Hideki Matsui designated for assignment by Rays, MLB career
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File:Hideki Matsui on July 24, 2012.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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Watching Durham Bulls Baseball: February 2013
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Rich Aurilia decides to become Padre - Taipei Times
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Rays vs. Athletics - Previa del Partido - 28 julio, 2011 - ESPN
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CRUZ, NELSON Ramon - Player Profiles
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Rocco Baldelli - Wikipedia
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Hideki Matsui elected to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
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Hideki Matsui - Wikiwand