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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the Independence Day game between the Mariners and Pirates in Seattle, superstar catcher Cal Raleigh asserted ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...