Hideki Matsui Pitches Bats Right Handed In N.Y. Japanese League
Three years after retiring from the majors, he was back on the diamond Sunday — as a right-handed pitcher batting from the right side of the plate. MORE: Mike Trout compares favorably with baseball greats The former Yankees and Yomiuri Giants slugger started on the mound and helped his team to an extra-inning win in the championship game of a Japanese-American Association League tournament in New York. The New York Times tracked down Matsui after word of his participation in the Nippon Club’s President Cup made the rounds in Japanese-language newspapers around the city....