They were REALLY pushing the Matsui, Ichiro and Kuroda thing on him. The meeting lasted between two and three hours, a source said, and it wasn't the Yanks' only bit of recruiting. Former Yankee Hideki Matsui, the best Japanese player to ever don pinstripes, called Tanaka to pitch the benefits of the Bronx, too. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/tanaka-yankees-agree-155m-deal-article-1.1587478#ixzz2r9fIMSN4 Anthony McCarron @AnthonyMcCarron 8m So Matsui not only called Tanaka, he appeared in a recruiting video the Yanks showed Tanaka, too.