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'We'll never forget him'

By Eric Neel
ESPN.com

Friday, April 10, 2009

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The women brought white potted lilies and set them on the ground beside bouquets and balloons, among lit candles and signed jerseys and caps outside the stadium. The men knelt to whisper prayers and take pictures. They gathered in a wide, quiet circle. Mothers and fathers, daughters and sons. Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka stepped deliberately in the right-field grass, stretching in the gray, cool quiet of the empty ballpark. Groundskeepers tamped down the dirt ...

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