Hideki Matsui broke the mold of Japanese baseball players moving to MLB when he arrived on the scene for the Yankees in 2003.

The 28-year-old Matsui becomes the second Japanese player to join the Yankees in the past several years, following Hideki Irabu, who pitched for New York from 1997-99. Cashman spent much of ...

The New York Yankees are seeking to maintain their lead in the American League East as they face off against the Pittsburgh ...

Along the way, Ohtani became the first Japanese-born player to score a regular-season run at the Tokyo Dome since former New York Yankees star Hideki Matsui in 2004. In fairness, Major League ...

"They're absolutely good for baseball," Manfred said. In an interview with The Athletic, Manfred said that the use of torpedo bats can do wonders for the sport. He also said that it's a welcoming ...

To his left was Diana Munson, the wife of beloved New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson, killed in an airplane crash at Akron–Canton Airport on Aug. 2, 1979. The one-time New York Mets phenom would ...

This week’s games in Tokyo got me thinking where else it might be fun to see the Yankees play, so here’s my list. (And before ...

1974 — In the opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run off Los Angeles ...

Seiya Suzuki remembers being in the Tokyo Dome when Hideki Matsui returned with the Yankees as part of MLB’s season-opening series in 2004. Matsui launched a mammoth home run deep into the right-field ...