(2)Matsui returns home

NARITA, Japan - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui talks with reporters at a hotel on arriving at Narita airport on Nov. 26 to spend his yearend and New Year holidays at his home in Toyama Prefecture. (MLB) (Kyodo)

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