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Memorial ceremony for Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui delivers a eulogy at a memorial ceremony held at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, the former Yomiuri Giants star player and manager who died in June. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony for Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui delivers a eulogy at a memorial ceremony held at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, the former Yomiuri Giants star player and manager who died in June. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony for Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui delivers a eulogy at a memorial ceremony held at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, the former Yomiuri Giants star player and manager who died in June. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony for Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui bows after delivering a eulogy at a memorial ceremony held at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, the former Yomiuri Giants star player and manager who died in June.

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Memorial ceremony for Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui delivers a eulogy at a memorial ceremony held at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, the former Yomiuri Giants star player and manager who died in June.

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Memorial ceremony for Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui delivers a eulogy at a memorial ceremony held at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, the former Yomiuri Giants star player and manager who died in June.

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Baseball: Hideki Matsui

Former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press after holding a baseball clinic in New York on Sept. 27, 2025.

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Japan Hall of Fame award ceremony for Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro Suzuki (C), who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, poses for a photo with his plaque during an award ceremony for his 2025 enshrinement in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in the central Japan city on Aug. 31, 2025. Standing beside the former Seattle Mariners outfielder is former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui.

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Baseball clinic by ex-Yankees slugger Matsui

Former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui holds a baseball clinic for children in New York on June 14, 2025.

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Baseball clinic by ex-Yankees slugger Matsui

Former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui holds a baseball clinic for children in New York on June 14, 2025.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (33) cheers with outfielder Hideki Matsui following the team's walk-off win against the Yakult Swallows in a baseball game at Tokyo Dome on Sept. 14, 1996. Japanese baseball legend Nagashima died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (3) acknowledges the crowd with outfielder Hideki Matsui (55) after the team won the Japan Series baseball title on Oct. 28, 2000. Japanese baseball legend Nagashima died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima (3) exchanges a few words with former Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui following their People's Honor Award ceremony at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2013. Japanese baseball legend Nagashima died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui makes a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken July 23, 2021, shows former Yomiuri Giants players (from R) Sadaharu Oh, Hideki Matsui and Shigeo Nagashima serving as torch runners during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics at National Stadium. Nagashima, who was a key player on the Giants team that won nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973 and later managed the club, died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) receives a gold-painted bat during a People's Honor Award ceremony at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2013. Standing next to him is former Giants and New York Yankees player Hideki Matsui. Nagashima, who was a key player on the Giants team that won nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973 and later managed the club, died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Matsui teaches baseball to children

Hideki Matsui, former New York Yankees and Yomiuri Giants slugger, speaks to reporters after holding a baseball clinic for children in Tokyo on May 10, 2025.

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Matsui teaches baseball to children

Hideki Matsui, former New York Yankees and Yomiuri Giants slugger, is seen at bat during a baseball clinic for children in Tokyo on May 10, 2025.

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Baseball: ex-big leaguer Matsui

Hideki Matsui, former slugger who played for the New York Yankees and Japan's Yomiuri Giants, poses for a photo at the Giants' minor league ballpark in Inagi, western Tokyo, on May 7, 2025, in front of worn tatami mats he used to practice swinging on at the club's dormitory as a young player.

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Baseball: ex-big leaguer Matsui at NPB minor league game

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui throws a ceremonial first pitch in a Nippon Professional Baseball minor league game between the Yomiuri Giants and the DeNA BayStars on May 7, 2025, in Inagi, western Tokyo.

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Baseball: Hideki Matsui

Former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui (L) speaks during a baseball clinic in New York on April 5, 2025.

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2025 Thurman Munson Awards

(From L) Former New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden and Paralympic swimmer Alexandra Truwit, both of the United States, and former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui of Japan pose for photos at the presentation of the 2025 Thurman Munson Awards for their on-field excellence and the betterment of sports and the community in New York on March 13, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB World Series

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui waves to the crowd at Yankee Stadium in New York, where he threw out the ceremonial first pitch ahead of Game 5 of the MLB World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Oct. 30, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB World Series

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui throws a ceremonial first pitch ahead of Game 5 of the MLB World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 30, 2024.

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Baseball: MLB World Series

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui throws a ceremonial first pitch ahead of Game 5 of the MLB World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 30, 2024.

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Ex-Yankees slugger Matsui holds baseball clinic

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui bats during a baseball clinic held in his home city of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, for about 150 children affected by a powerful earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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Baseball: Ex-Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui

(From R) Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui, former Yankees star Roy White and Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, hold artifacts to be included in an exhibition about the transpacific exchange of baseball between the United States and Japan, following a press conference announcing the event at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 21, 2024.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani (17) of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani (17) of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers high-fives his teammates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to reporters after a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. Ohtani hit the 176th home run of his major league career in the game, breaking a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Ex-Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui

Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (C) speaks at a press conference at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 21, 2024.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers high-fives his teammates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.

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Baseball: Mets vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers high-fives his teammates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 21, 2024. The 176th home run of his major league career broke a tie with Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japanese-born player.