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TOKYO, Japan - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui runs with children in a special baseball training session for them at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 10. (MLB)(Kyodo Stock Photo - Alamy

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New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui, of Japan, signs autographs before an interleague baseball game against the New York Mets on Friday, June 26, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II Stock

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Hideki Matsui made the jump from Japan to the Major Leagues 15 years ago today