Former Tokyo attorney Russ Roten has won the Baseball Bullet-In "Hideki Matsui Sweepstakes" by coming the closest to guessing Matsui's home run, runs batted in and batting average statistics at the Major League All-Star break on July 14.
I invited readers of the column back in January to send in predictions for Matsui's stats at the break, and 58 of you responded. Thanks.
Matsui's pre-All-Star numbers were nine homers, 66 RBIs and a .299 average, and Roten, now practicing law in Los Angeles, came closest by saying Matsui would be hitting .301 with 16 homers and 61 RBIs.
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