Former New York Yankee Hideki Matsui is to throw the ceremonial first ... the Oakland Athletics and the Tampa Bay Rays in MLB. Before moving to the United States, he was a three-time Japanese ...

Shohei Ohtani now stands alone ahead of Hideki Matsui on the list, and third place is held by Ichiro Suzuki. Matsui had a successful career with the Yankees, helping them win the World Series in ...

LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani hit his 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japan-born player with a solo shot during the first inning of the Los Angeles ...