The New York Yankees are ... continents and signed with the Yankees prior to the 2003 season. Initially signing a three-year, $21 million deal, Hideki Matsui proved to be one of the Yankees ...

The New York Yankees were one of the first MLB teams ... success recently with Japanese players like Masahiro Tanaka and Hideki Matsui. Bowden also said that a few team leaders would need to ...

The New York Yankees have more ... free agents like the West Coast, but the Yankees have had success luring Japanese talent in the past: Hideki Matsui and Masahiro Tanaka (Sasaki’s role model ...

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka ... Ichiro Suzuki, Kaz Sasaki, Hideki Matsui and Shohei Ohtani are just some of the notable names. Yoshinobu Yamamoto came over last year and ...

The New York Yankees filled their ... but it doesn't stop Hideki Matsui and Masahiro Tanaka from picking the allure of the Bronx. The Yankees have exactly one year before embarking on the ...

The New York Yankees, of course ... Sasaki won’t be following the legacy of Hideki Matsui, Hiroki Kuroda, and his idol Masahiro Tanaka. Not yet, at least. Recent reports suggest that the ...

New York Yankees fans accepted long ago that amateur ... With a similar specter looming, the Yankees still managed to win battles over Hideki Matsui, Hideki Irabu, and Masahiro Tanaka, someone ...