TOKYO (AP) — Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui was named Friday as the new manager of the Yomiuri Giants, his club until his departure for the United States.
The 52-year-old Matsui hit a combined 507 home runs in Japan and the United States in a 20-year pro career.
Matsui moved in 2003 to Major League Baseball and spent most of his career with the Yankees.
He batted .282 with 175 home runs and 760 RBIs in MLB. In Japan before that, he hit .304 with 332 home runs and 889 RBSs.
Matsui replaces interim manager Hideki Hashigami, who took over in May after Shinnosuke Abe resigned from the job.
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Hideki Matsui, newly named manager of the Yomiuri Giants, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (Motoshi Ogura/Kyodo News via AP)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian soldier Mykola Kasiuk hopes to regain some vision after a battlefield land mine explosion left him nearly blind two years ago. After numerous operations, he is turning to visiting U.S. surgeons in Kyiv, hoping to see his children again.
Wounded soldier Mykola Kasiuk poses for a portrait ahead of surgery at a regional hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A medic leads wounded soldier Mykola Kasiuk, down a corridor at a regional hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Wounded soldier Artur Martosich, attends an appointment with an ocularist at the Imateh Medical laboratory in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Wounded soldier Artem Deresh poses for a photo before undergoing surgery at a regional hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Stuart Seiff, a U.S. oculoplastic surgeon, right, and a Ukrainian colleague perform a surgical operation on the eye of a wounded soldier at a regional hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Stuart Seiff, a U.S. oculoplastic surgeon, right, speaks to wounded soldier Mykola Kasiuk, after surgery at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Nurses transport wounded soldier Mykola Kasiuk, into a surgical unit at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Stuart Seiff, a U.S. oculoplastic surgeon, with Ukrainian colleagues perform surgery on the eye of wounded soldier Mykola Kasiuk at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ocular prostheses are displayed on a table at the Imateh Medical laboratory in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Wounded soldier Mykola Kasiuk smiles as he poses for a photo ahead of surgery at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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