NEW YORK (AP) -- Immediately following surgery Friday to repair a broken wrist that will sideline him for at least three months, Hideki Matsui apologized for getting hurt.
Matsui was injured trying to make a diving catch in left field during the New York Yankees' 5-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night. The broken radius bone ended his consecutive games played streak that dated to August 1993 and included 1,250 games with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan and 518 with the Yankees.
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"Due to this injury, I feel very sorry and, at the same time, very disappointed to have let my teammates down," Matsui said in a statement. "I will do my best to fully recover and return to the field to help my team once again."
Yankees manager Joe Torre spoke with Matsui, who was operated on at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Torre expects Matsui will return to the ballpark in the next few days and remain in the New York area while his wrist heals.
Torre wasn't surprised by the apology.
"It's all about responsibility -- what he thinks his responsibility is to this team, this organization, because the Yankees committed to him and he feels it's a two-way street in that regard," Torre said. "He's done that before here, where he's made an error, he's come up and apologized to me."
Matsui's statement also praised his manager.
"I would like to thank Joe Torre from the bottom of my heart for having been considerate of my consecutive games played streak these past several years and for placing me in the lineup every day," he said.
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This has nothing to do with the Yankees... it has everything to do with his cultural and ethnic heritage, and his personal integrity. If he was on the Atlanta Braves he would have made the same apology. If this was a "Yankee thing," Gary Sheffield would be singing a different tune...
Regardless, Matsui is a true athlete, sportsman, and gentleman.
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That's true in Matsui case but Sheffeild hasn't been 1/10 the assh*le in NY that he was in FLA, ATL, LA, or MIL because the Yankees have leadership that won't put up with his BS
quote:Originally posted by BongLoad: This has nothing to do with the Yankees... it has everything to do with his cultural and ethnic heritage, and his personal integrity. If he was on the Atlanta Braves he would have made the same apology. If this was a "Yankee thing," Gary Sheffield would be singing a different tune...
Regardless, Matsui is a true athlete, sportsman, and gentleman.
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quote:Originally posted by BongLoad: This has nothing to do with the Yankees... it has everything to do with his cultural and ethnic heritage, and his personal integrity. If he was on the Atlanta Braves he would have made the same apology. If this was a "Yankee thing," Gary Sheffield would be singing a different tune...
Regardless, Matsui is a true athlete, sportsman, and gentleman.
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He was a on the Mets originally he was beyond repair
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And what about Daryl Strawberry?
quote:Originally posted by BongLoad: This has nothing to do with the Yankees... it has everything to do with his cultural and ethnic heritage, and his personal integrity. If he was on the Atlanta Braves he would have made the same apology. If this was a "Yankee thing," Gary Sheffield would be singing a different tune...
Regardless, Matsui is a true athlete, sportsman, and gentleman.
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