According to an interview in todays NY Times, Hideki Matsui expects to get the Bronx cheer at opening day at the Stadium when, as expected, the Yankees give him his WS ring in a visiting uniform.
Here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/sp...tml?ref=sports.
I don't think so. I expect the Yankee fans will give him the ovation he deserves and will save the boos for another time. Am I wrong?
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No chance in hell he gets booed. Standing ovation without a doubt. Same goes for Damon fyi.
No way I'll boo him. I'm not gonna boo Damon, either. I think most fans will, indeed, give him the ovation he deserves. I think he was generally pretty beloved.
Abolutely not!! Or at least he shouldn't be. There are a lot of idiot fans out there who would do it anyway for all the wrong reasons.
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Absolutely not. He deserves and will get a hero's welcome.
If a single Yankee fan boos him, that will make them close to surpassing Phillies fans as the worst in baseball. They are already pretty far down there (the Yankee fans on here are a very small minority).
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I would hope and expect that he gets very loudly cheered. He was a great team member for many years here.
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If I see anyone booing they won't be able to use their arm for 6-8 weeks.
That being said I have no doubt in my mind he will get anything but a standing ovation and cheers. He put up so many RBIs to win the World Series for us (outside of his numerous other contributions the last few years), I don't know how any true fan could ever boo him.
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27!
Sounds like he was joking.
But I mean, I think its pretty obvious that he will get a very loud, very long standing O.
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I nominate that when Damon makes his first appearance the chant should be "Boras blows! Boras blows!" Or something with far more swearing, I'm open to revisions.
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27!
I was at a game in '99 when David Wells pitched for Toronto. Obviously, he was well remembered for his perfect game and postseason efforts from the previous year, and was cheered. He was even mentioned at a special "roll call".
He was not booed, as I recall, until he came back as a Red Sox a few years later. THAT is a different situation.
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I'm all for trashing Boras, but I suspect that Damon himself was a big part of their free agency strategy.Originally Posted by ThaKoolAidKid
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Maybe not opening day but no doubt as the season progresses he`ll hear a few.
I wish him well and I thank him for last year...........after all we are the Yankees.......
I don't have a problem with booing players who choose to leave and play for another team, but I think it's pretty clear that the Yankees never wanted Matsui back and that the decision for him to leave was the Yankees' and not his.
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There is absolutely no reason for Matsui to be booed. It isn't as if he left the Yankees after a rancorous contract dispute or trashed the team in the press. In my view, he should get a long standing ovation before his first at bat. Long enough that he is distracted enough to strike out.
He won't be booed...I wouldn't be surprised if the Yankees give him some sort of video tribute...If they hand out the rings that day
I can only imagine that somehow Matsui is equating himself with Pavano, that he will be treated the same way. Doesn't he remember Aaron Boone's greeting when he returned?
I'm guessing he will get his ring with the other 2009'ers and will be cheered long and loudly. Unless Mike Scioscia is such a prick that he doesn't let Matsui go and get it on the field.
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No way.
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Same "fans" that boo'ed Jeter & Mo in 05 will Boo Matsui. Idiots! How can someone even think that?
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I still don't understand why he didn't give the Yankees time to counter. They would've surely matched.
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Boo Matsui? I sure as hell hope not!
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Surely he jests! I love the guy and I'll be giving him a standing ovation when he comes to the stadium - the only booing he will be hearing is the boo hooing from me because he's not with us anymore.
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No way, I look forward to seeing his ovation actually. Damon's welcoming might be a little mixed I think, considering all the drama.
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Anybody that boos Matsui is a d*ck!
(and that goes for Red Sox and Philly fans too)
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Not so sure about Damon after everything that went down this offseason.
I don't think Matsui will ever get booed at Yankee Stadium.
Matsui will get a huge ovation. No doubt about it.
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idiot fans who got the tix for free from a friend will boo him, die hard yankee fans will not boo him.
I will not boo matsui or damon
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I think he will get a standing ovation, he was total class when he was a Yankee and the fans will acknowledge him for that
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I know I will be standing and cheering Matsui on opening day!
Same here. Matsui will receive a warm welcome. Damon, I believe, will get a mixed reception.
I hope he gets a standing ovation too. I'll be surprised if he doesn't.
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I'm gonna boo him. I'm sick of his crap.
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I agree with most of you, if anyone Boos Matsui its a shame.
Damon on the other hand......I'm not sayin its right if you did, but I'd understand....
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I'd boo Torre before Matsui. That being said, I won't boo either
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I think that Matsui will be in the same category as Tino after he went to StL. No matter what uniform he wears at YS, I think he will always be welcomed warmly. Kind of the same circumstances as when Tino left; both may have been free agents and signed elsewhere but the fans know that the player really wanted to return to the Bronx.
Matsui must have been joking when he said that. He can't possibly believe that he would be booed.
what....he rocked 6 ribbies in a clinching game?
christ - he'll get an ovation every time he's in YS for the rest of his days.
hero.
period.
end of story.
Matsui will get his standing ovations until his first hit against the Yankees.
I can't think of anyone that would want to boo Matsui. I'm sure there'll be plenty of people booing Damon for being a greedy SOB, but Matsui is the man
I would give a standing ovation for both Damon and Matsui
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Matsui without a doubt I'll cheer.
Damon was great when he was a Yankee, but really turned off a lot of fans with his offseason drama. I'm not going to boo him, but I'm also not going to cheer loudly for him. Maybe just an applause or something.
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Def wont get booed
He will be given a standing ovation not only by the fans but also by the Yankee players in the dugout!
This is pretty much where I stand, too. I think of it as polite clapping.
Fishing for cheers is what he's doing. It's like when hot chicks are liek "ugh I'm so ugly". I'm with JVIS on this one, I will boo him now.
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He'll be eligible for boos after the first series. But before that, it will be cheers and then probably groans.
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I can predict some faint booing if he hits a key HR.
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No chance he gets booed. He deserves nothing but loud cheers.
actually, now that you say it, it could be a Japanese "modesty" thing to say that, even though everyone actually knows he'll be cheered. He obviously saw the praise Giambi got and Abreu got after only a year and a half with the team.
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