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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The New York Yankees and free-agent outfielder/designated hitter Hideki Matsui have been in contact this offseason, according to MLB Trade Rumors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Matsui, 37, spent last season with the Oakland Athletics, hitting .251 with 12 home runs. Matsui spent the first seven years of his MLB career with the Yankees (2003-2009), hitting .292 with 140 home runs during that span.\nAccording to MLB Trade Rumors, the Yankees have also been in contact with free-agent Johnny Damon and have just $1-2 million to spend on a designated hitter.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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