(3)Matsui departs for N.Y. to join Yankees

(3)Matsui departs for N.Y. to join Yankees

NARITA, Japan - Hideki Matsui listens to a reporter at a news conference at Narita airport on Jan. 9 before his departure for New York for the official signing of a three-year, $21 million free-agent deal with the New York Yankees. The former Yomiuri Giants slugger said he was excited but jittery to kick off a career in the major leagues and don the celebrated Bronx Bomber pinstripes.

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