Former New York Yankee Hideki Matsui is to throw the ceremonial first ... A two-time All-Star, Matsui also played for the Los Angeles Angels, the Oakland Athletics and the Tampa Bay Rays in ...

LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani hit his 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Hideki Matsui for the most by ... by one season apiece with the Angels, Oakland and Tampa Bay.

Hideki Matsui broke the mold of Japanese baseball players moving to MLB when he arrived on the scene for the Yankees in 2003. He was not a light hitting outfielder or a pitcher with an unusual windup.