Nakamura caps his rollercoaster year with MVP honor
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''It's not about money. I just want to play baseball.''
The Japan Series MVP third baseman, once one of the highest-paid
players in Japanese baseball, was going through a tryout with the
Chunichi Dragons, the only team that gave him a chance to continue
his playing career, in late February after the Orix Buffaloes
released him when he refused to accept a 60 percent pay cut in
offseason talks.
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