Shohei Ohtani broke Hideki Matsui's major league record for homers by a Japanese-born player with a huge two-run shot in the third inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped their three-game skid ...

LOS ANGELES — As a kid growing up in Japan, Yoshinobu Yamamoto would watch the news in hopes of seeing a fellow countryman in pinstripes. “When I was in fifth and sixth grade, he was a big-name star, ...

The new age version of legendary Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui is expected to be available in free agency later this year, and the New York Yankees are among the early favorites to sign him. When ...

Despite being 20 years removed from his prime, New York Yankees great Hideki Matsui still can crush baseballs over outfield fences. When Matsui arrived in New York in 2003, there was hope that he ...

Hideki Matsui may have played his last major league game four years ago, but he showed he still had some power in his bat as he hit a long home run at the New York Yankees' annual Old-Timers' Game on ...

Former Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui will sign a minor-league contract and retire July 28 as a Yankee, the team announced Thursday. Matsui will be honored in a pregame ceremony on that day. A ...

Last week in this series, we discussed the story of Hideki Irabu, the first Japanese player to sign with the Yankees. Irabu never fully adjusted to pitching stateside despite flashes of high-end ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The Tampa Bay Rays would like to bolster their depth at designated hitter and in the outfield and have had discussions with free agent Hideki Matsui. If signed, Matsui ...

Before there was Shohei Ohtani there was Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui. Ichiro is the first Japanese-born player to be elected into the baseball hall of fame. He was elected this year and it was his ...