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	Matsui Heads for the Bronx: Frog, Prince or Toad? Hideki Matsui showing off his new Yankee uniform. Photo by AP. By Brian Kluepfel | Special to AsianWeek | Book profile following What most baseball experts saw as an inevitable conclusion was reached in December when Japanese slugger Hideki “Godzilla” Matsui signed a three-year contract with the New York Yankees. Matsui hit 50 home runs for the Yomiuri Giants last season, and like other recent imports to Major League Baseball, the three-time MVP had nothing more to prove to his countrymen. COMPLETE STORY...		Korean Centennial (Feature) Communities Brace for Second INS Registration Deadline (in National News) Wins Workers Get $337,000 in Back Wages From Lockbox (in Bay Area News) Matsui Heads for the Bronx: Frog, Prince or Toad? (in Sports) Look Out! Films to see in 2003 (in A&E) Emil Amok: In Defense of the Short and Fat (in Opinion)

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