Hideki Matsui got married Wednesday and in doing so, won a bet with teammates
Derek Jeter and
Bobby Abreu.
Matsui made the wager at the start of spring training about who would wed first, then flew to New York on his off day Wednesday to get married.
Matsui said Jeter, who has said that he does not to have a girlfriend, has one year to get married for him to win the bet. Yankees outfielder
Bobby Abreu, who has claimed he does have a girlfriend, has only six months.
Matsui said that he knew six months ago he was going to get married, he was able to pull a fast one on both of his teammates, who both said on Thursday they would pay off their losses immediately.The amount of the wager was never revealed.