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- The Yomiuri Giants have appointed former slugger Hideki Matsui as their next manager.
- Matsui recorded 332 home runs and 889 RBIs during his ten seasons with the Giants.
- Hideki Matsui spent ten MLB seasons, chiefly with the Yankees, hitting .282 with 175 homers.
- The club has been without a permanent manager since Shinnosuke Abe resigned on May 26 after his arrest.