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Hideki Matsui shares some memories with the people of New York: “I can remember the exact day that my MLB dream came into existence.”

Hideki Matsui

Jackie Bradley Jr. says thank you to Boston: “I could never have imagined how the next 10 years would unfold.”

Jackie Bradley Jr.

A message from Derek Jeter to Japan.

Derek Jeter

Man … this is not going to be easy. I mean, how do you say goodbye to family?

Kolten Wong

I basically want to do whatever I can to make sure that my life doesn’t end.

Tyler Cravy

Good fortune has placed me at the scene of many of the most unforgettable sports moments of the last four decades.

Bob Costas

So ... what's a Glue Guy? Well, it's not the David Ross that Theo said he'd heard about back in 2008. In fact, it's the opposite.

David Ross

*Full title: Spitting Is Part of Baseball, Nobody’s Going to Hit 30 Homers, and 11 Other Things You Should Know Before the MLB Season

Trevor Bauer

What happened to George Floyd could have easily — and far too often — happened to me or others.

Gary Sheffield

If baseball returns in 2020, it will probably be without me.

Trey Mancini

What's going on in baseball now is up there with the Black Sox scandal, and it will be talked about forever — more so than steroids.

Trevor Bauer

Sé que entrar al Salón de la Fama haría muy feliz a mi papá. Sé que él estará muy agradecido por ser reconocido entre los mejores jugadores de la historia.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

When I woke up that morning in Fort Myers, I was sitting all alone in my underwear ... in the driver’s seat of a parked car that didn’t belong to me. And there

Bobby Jenks

My dream is that, five years from now, no matter where an athlete happens to be in the world … if they have a story they want to share, we’ll be there to listen

Derek Jeter