Word: hitter
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...Yankees don’t win every year because Giambi and Soriano smack homers every third or fourth game. They don’t win because Jeter’s a “clutch” hitter or because they can play “small ball...
...Land of the Rising Sun, Matsui is considered the best everyday player. The 28-year-old switch-hitter-who is not related to Yankees leftfielder Hideki Matsui (whose 1.88-m, 95-kg frame and status as Japan's premier power hitter led to Kazuo's being dubbed Little Matsui)-has won four Gold Gloves, batted better than .300 for seven straight years, hit at least 20 homers in each of the past four seasons and stolen 30 or more bases five times. In a millennium poll, fans voted him the greatest Japanese shortstop ever. He was 24 at the time...
...slick fielder who won four Golden Gloves playing for the Lions, Kazuo Matsui batted .305 with 33 home runs and 13 stolen bases this year. Scouts liken the switch-hitter to a stronger Ichiro Suzuki, the All-Star Seattle Mariners' outfielder whose impact on the U.S. game turned Japanese players into must-haves for major-league rosters. Matsui's move will be lucrative. Several clubs have already expressed interest, including the free-spending Yankees, who are already paying $6 million a year to last year's Matsui. This year's Matsui is likely to demand a Godzilla-like salary...
Senior Benny Butler is probably an All-Ivy candidate. He leads the Ivy League in interceptions with five and has recorded a career high 53 tackles this season. Senior Chris Raftery is a monster hitter and has four interceptions...
Emotions were running high for seniors Bendush, Miller, middle hitter Mariah Pospisil and outside hitter Amy Dildine...