Yankees' Matsui meets with Japan's oldest hippopotamus

Yankees' Matsui meets with Japan's oldest hippopotamus

NOMI, Japan - New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui (L), now in his hometown in Ishikawa Prefecture, visited Ishikawa Zoo in Nomi on Jan. 3 to meet Deka, the oldest female hippopotamus in Japan. Matsui sent a message two years ago to Deka on her 55th birthday, the same number as he has on his uniform.

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