Your opening line referred to the time he missed in the 2006 season, unless I misread something. It seemed you were linking the missed time during the two seasons to him playing on turf.

Yes, on the wrist. But, IIRC, it was one knee at the start of this season and the other knee by the end of the season – hence the turf impact.

To be fair, he broke his wrist the first time around
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Agree.

If you told me Hideki was going to play less than 130 games for the Yankees in 2009, I wouldn’t fight you too hard over it.
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Also agree.

t seems as if years of playing on artificial turf and never missing a game in Japan have caught up with Hideki Matsui – as he’s missed huge chunks of the season in two of the last three years.
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To be fair, he broke his wrist the first time around