ANAHEIM – There’s a different kind of electricity around Angel Stadium this season when the cleanup hitter steps to the plate. Cameras flash and signs go up around the ball park – some in Japanese ...

The marquee outside Yankee Stadium read, “Yankees-Devil Rays,” but it could have been “Godzilla’s Return.” Hideki Matsui was back in a Yankees uniform for the first time since fracturing his left ...

TAMPA – Hideki Matsui moved his locker one cubicle over, so his spot on the far side of the clubhouse would be more visible to his new teammates. He actually went around yesterday with his translator ...

ANAHEIM – It’s a situation that the Angels pay him for – bottom of the ninth with the tying runner on base. Throughout his career, Hideki Matsui has come up with the big hit. Saturday, he didn’t.