Recently signed Tampa Bay Rays hitter Hideki Matsui has arrived in Port Charlotte to begin his stint with the Rays and he brought a long an entourage of Japanese media with him.
↵↵↵Matsui-mania hits Port Charlotte! 40 Japanese media members showed up for his first workout at Charlotte Sports Park: twitter.com/RaysBaseball/s…
↵— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 2, 2012
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↵It's not uncommon for Japanese born players to bring a trail of Japanese media with them, but that's a lot of people for a minor league contract!