In vintage form, the 51-year-old Matsui launched a batting practice pitch over the fences as local youth players watched in awe.

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, ...

One of the New York Yankees' most notable World Series heroes proved that he's still capable of launching. Former Yankee outfielder/DH Hideki Matsui has gone viral on baseball social media for a ...

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 ...

In an era when nicknames have become decreasingly creative, one of the good ones came from Japan with slugger Hideki Matsui. Matsui, who recently retired after a successful run with the New York ...

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 ...

Former Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui rocked a three-run home run in the ‘Team Ichiro’ vs. High School Girls All-Stars Game on Monday at the Tokyo Dome. In front of more than 28,000 fans, Matsui, 50 ...

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 ...

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani has broken Hideki Matsui's record for the most homers hit by a Japanese-born player ...

Yankees greats Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill threw out the first pitches for World Series Games 3 and 4 at Yankee Stadium this week. Wednesday night the Yankees will turn to another pinstripe great to ...