Yomiuri slugger Matsui becomes 3rd 500-mil.-yen player

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Matsui, a slugger of the Yomiuri Giants, meets the press at the team's office in Tokyo on Dec. 25 after signing a new one-year, 500-million-yen contract with the team. The 26-year-old outfielder, the Central League's and Japan Series' most valuable player, becomes the third 500-million-yen player in Japanese baseball history.

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