My wife is a moderate football fan, but was once as obsessed as I was (as the Cowboys waned in the later ’90s, so did her interest). I forget sometimes how big an NFL fan she was, but was reminded Sunday night. We were watching the World Series, when she heard on the TV that Matsui was coming to bat. Kaz Matsui, but all she heard was Matsui.

“Isn’t there another athlete named Matsui?” she asked.

I replied there was, Hideki Matsui, the Yankees outfielder.

“No, there was a football player named Matsui.”

I thought about it for a few seconds and had a eureka moment: “You mean Matt Suhey, Walter Payton’s fullback?”

Yes, she meant that Matt Suhey. I was impressed she remembered and amused she confused a white fullback from the ’80s with a Japanese infielder.

This wasn’t her first flashback of the day — she saw a highlight of Kellen Winslow scoring a touchdown and was confused how he could still be playing when he starred all those years ago. Though she needs to watch some more NFL Network with me, yes, she’s a keeper.