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19 Responses to “Mmmmm, Matsui cookies”

1. Chappy February 25th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

   Do you use your cellphone camera for the pics you post here? Just curious. I guess it would be kind of weird for a beat reporter to carry around a digital camera.

2. logan February 25th, 2007 at 5:36 pm

   well, baumbach has a tendency to exaggerate things…

3. Mike S. February 25th, 2007 at 5:37 pm

   Pete, I don’t know if you are old enough to remember or have tried a REGGIE! Bar….

   I am. Yes, I am old enough to have had a REGGIE! bar.

   So the obvious question is this…

   If you ever have had a REGGIE! bar,

   which do you prefer? The REGGIE! bar or the Matsui cookie?

4. mel February 25th, 2007 at 5:40 pm

   Pete, if you want brownie points tell Matsui. “Oishii!” (oy-shee)when you see him. That means “Delicious!”

5. sunny615 February 25th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

   No Igawa milk to wash it down?

6. Wolf In Pinstripes February 25th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

   Mike, I remember the REGGIE! bars. I think I was around 10 when those came out. Pretty good candy bar, actually. heh

7. Peter Abraham February 25th, 2007 at 6:26 pm

   Chappy: Cell phone camera. Print reporters don’t tote around regular cameras and I am not a good photographer. The cell camera is the best I can do. Plus I think it adds a nice hint of idiocy to the blog.

   Mike S: i do remember Reggie bars but I never had one.

   In New England back in the day we had Big Yaz Bread. It was regular Wonder Bread with “Yaz” on the side in giant red letters. I believe as little tyke I had some sandwiches on big Yaz bread.

8. DesignatedBlogger February 25th, 2007 at 6:39 pm

   I still have a Reggie bar somewhere…

9. Doreen February 25th, 2007 at 7:16 pm

   Pete, I think you do a great job with your cellphone camera. I myself don’t have one of those, and couldn’t think when I’d use it, so I kind of admire people who can figure out a legitimate use for one. (Aside from insurance people and realtors.)

   What are the cookies called? I mean translation of the Japanese?

10. mikeplugh February 25th, 2007 at 7:18 pm

    I have those cookies on my desk at work. A co-worker brought them back from Tokyo or something. Good cookies….

11. mikeplugh February 25th, 2007 at 7:20 pm

    It says:

    Major
    Matsui [Hideki] “Sabure”

    I think “Sabure” must be an imported French word. My wife says it means a cookie made with milk and eggs and whatever….

    That’s a little vague, but it’s probably “sabret” or something. I’m too lazy to Google it.

12. Mike S. February 25th, 2007 at 7:36 pm

    I’m 45, so I was 16 when the Reggie bar came out.

    Chocolate, caramel and peanuts.

    I remember the 1978 home opener when the bars were given to the fans and Reggie homered. I forget how long it took the ground crew to clean up the field after fans threw the bars onto the field in “tribute”. It was a while, and it was funny.

13. mark February 25th, 2007 at 7:38 pm

    Hey Pete, I was wondering if you ever would have time to go to the Yanks minor league complex in Tampa to see guys like Joba, Betances, and Kennedy getting ready for the minor league season. The blog is great and I realize its your job to write about the major league team, but there is such a wealth of talent in the Yankee organization and I would love to hear how guys like Joba and Dellin look. Anyways, thanks for the great posts and keep up the good work.

14. Rich February 25th, 2007 at 7:46 pm

    As much as I wanted to like them, Reggie Bars sucked.

15. LathamJoe February 25th, 2007 at 7:50 pm

    Ahh, Reggie Bars! Bright orange wrapper with big blue letters spelling REGGIE and a likeness of Reggie swingin’ from the heels.
    It brings back fond memories of 1978. I worked for an Organization that had a few Red Sox Fans and they were busting chops on our tight-knit group of Yankee Fans for most of the baseball regular season – until August & September…. The famous 1978 Playoff Game was held on a Monday afternoon in Fenway. Our Yankee Group and the Red Sox taunters left early to watch the fateful game. The next day our victorious group showed up early at our rivals’ office, decked out with Yankee gear, pennants, Boston Globe & Daily News newspapers, and banners….and we made our grand entrance by throwing a bunch of Reggie Bars to everyone….at 25 cents a throw!
    We nearly got fired, but what a show it was!

16. asburyboss February 25th, 2007 at 9:56 pm

    wasn’t the Reggie Bar just a Baby Ruth smooshed into a circle?

    It was good…

17. Jim Baumbach February 25th, 2007 at 10:02 pm

    Pete: I’ve been trying to figure out why my stomach is bothering me. Then I read your blog and remembered I had that Matsui cookie straight off the plane from Japan. Now it makes sense.

18. YFiB February 26th, 2007 at 6:00 am

    the reggie bar was the first thing that came to mind when i saw that, too. i loved those things when i was a kid.

19. Doreen February 26th, 2007 at 7:18 am

    Mike Plugh – thanks for the translation. A “Sable” is a french butter cookie, very tender and delicate. Literal translation from the french is “sand.” If you’ve ever eaten one of those cookies they’re so delicate they crumble like sand.