The Seattle Mariners have interest in signing a second Japanese superstar: Hideki Matsui. Matsui is on the team’s list of designated hitter possibilities, major-league sources told FOXSports.com ...

The 2009 World Series has ended and 2009-2010 hot stove league has started. The Seattle Mariners are in need of a power hitter as they have one of the worst offenses in the league (OPS, OBP, BA, R ...

Hideki Matsui became the first Japanese-born player to win the MVP award that started in 1955. He homered, doubled and singled, highlighting a Series in which he hit .615 with ...

From Yahoo’s Tim Brown: One source mentioned a potential three-way deal that would send outfielder Hideki Matsui from the New York Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for a pitching prospect ...

For many Japanese, Hideki Matsui is a man of contradictions — a towering hulk with a sensitive heart, a player of fierce self-discipline ...

Matsui watched Suzuki slash a two-run triple that helped the slumping Mariners erase the Angels' early 3-0 lead. Hideki Matsui's 10th-inning, game-winning RBI single at Seattle gave him 1,500 RBIs ...

As the 2002 postseason came to a close for the New York Yankees on a Nick Johnson pop-up to Anaheim Angel shortstop David Eckstein, one question was immediately raised as the players solemnly ...

Dec. 19, 2002: Two years after the Seattle Mariners sign a Japanese superstar, Ichiro Suzuki, the New York Yankees ink outfielder Hideki Matsui. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

As Hideki Matsui and Donovan McNabb illustrated this week, ... Matt Joyce delivered a solo homer and a run-scoring triple to lead the Rays to a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Ichiro Suzuki will match his speed against Hideki Matsui's power. They're the only two full-time Japanese position players in the majors, and they've never played against each ...