The former slugger spent the first half of his professional career playing for the Giants before he came stateside to play in MLB.
Former New York Yankees slugger and 2009 World Series MVP Hideki Matsui is set to become the manager of Nippon Professional Baseball's Yomiuri Giants, according to multiple reports. The 52-year-old will succeed Hideki Hashigami, who had led the team since May after former manager Shinnosuke Abe resigned.
Matsui was originally drafted by the Giants as a teenager and played 10 seasons with the franchise before spending a decade in Major League Baseball. Over his professional career across both NPB and MLB, Matsui hit 508 total home runs and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.
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