The plays aren't as flashy or spectacular as they used to be, but Kazuo Matsui still makes them.
His 37-year-old body doesn't move the way it did when he was younger, but the former Pacific League MVP still does enough to warrant his place with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
At one time, Matsui may have been the most physically talented player in Japan. That was while he was tearing up the Pa League for the Seibu Lions; before the disappointing years in New York or the World Series run in Colorado.
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