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Red Sox pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka (left) and Hideki Okajima (right) are caught cavorting with the enemy -- Yankees left fielder Hideki Matsui -- as the countrymen exchange pleasantries before a spring game in Fort Myers.
(STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF)
Rising influence
Japanese stars have become players in US
Red Sox pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka (left) and Hideki Okajima (right) are caught cavorting with the enemy -- Yankees left fielder Hideki Matsui -- as the countrymen exchange pleasantries before a spring game in Fort Myers.
(STAN GROSSFELD/GLOBE STAFF)
He was a kid away from home for a summer overseas, playing minor league baseball in a California farm town where his bosses placed him because there were a few more people who spoke Japanese like he did. (Full article: 2428 words)
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