Article: It's beyond exciting for fans at chilly Coors Field.(Sports)

Byline: Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News

Perfect Kaz

Hiro Ota and Yoshi Kitaguchi were first in line to enter the main Coors Field gate Sunday night, arriving nearly three hours before game time. The friends, who met at the University of Colorado but grew up in Japan, love the Rockies. But they were especially excited to see Kazuo Matsui, their favorite player and a hero in their shared homeland. "He's a perfect player," said Kitaguchi, who flew to Denver from his home in Richmond, Va., on Saturday to catch two games in Denver. Ota's family in Japan along with much of the country is following the team, too, the Denver man said. Stories about Matsui and the ...

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