Kazuo "Kaz" Matsuiis a Japanese second baseman for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball. Matsui is a switch-hitter. Matsui has no relation to former player Hideki Matsui... (wikipedia)
Obviously, it's disappointing to me, but I also feel I'm letting my teammates down. There's not much I can do about it. They told me three weeks. I think that's a little long. I'll do my best to get back as soon as possible.
Obviously, it's disappointing on my part. I'm letting my teammates down.
Obviously it's disappointing not being able to be on the field because of injury. I think it's disappointing on my part personally as well, letting my teammates down with this injury. But there is not much I can do other than concentrate on getting back on the field as fast as I can.
I don't feel any different, ... But I always want to be prepared. I've just got to concentrate on how we're playing as a team.
I am extremely disappointed in how I have played. I have no regrets about coming here. I am not on the (Japanese team) because I haven't produced. It is because of what has happened in the past.
I feel my role right now is to get on base, ... That's all I'm really focusing on.
I feel sorry for being compared to him - he's Ken Griffey!
His mentality is very strong. That will help him adjust to MLB and the American life.
I think it was a meaningful day. Just because he retired, I don't think there's any lesser competition. I just want to be on my toes all the time.
Physically you can say there's no problem. But obviously on the baseball side, there's a lot of work necessary.
When I slid in, my right knee kind of stopped on the dirt and didn't really slide. The pain is not that bad at all.
It was very good location. I just wanted to make contact or do something with it.
During that transfer, ... I couldn't get a firm grip on the ball.
As a team, when you're playing in situations like these, you just want to get a win. You just try to think of anything you can do to overturn the flow of things that have been going the last week or so.
You never forget what you've done in the past, and I don't think I can forget the past two seasons. I just want to ... try to learn from there and not repeat what happened.
It was a really meaningful game today, especially at the plate, being able to get those hits.
I'm feeling more comfortable at second. I'm much more confident in my defense.
I don't want to get all jumpy and happy because the first day went well. But it's encouraging.