Ex-Yankees player Matsui to become head coach of Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, NHK reports

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Oct 23 (Reuters) Former New York ​Yankees player Hideki ‌Matsui will become head coach of the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, ‌Japanese ​public broadcaster ⁠NHK reported ⁠on Friday. The Japanese slugger, nicknamed Godzilla , won World Series MVP honours ​in 2009, his last year ⁠with the ⁠Yankees. Before moving ​to the United ​States, he played for ‌the Giants for 10 years, helping the club win ⁠three Japan Series titles. The Japanese baseball team did ⁠not ‌immediately respond ⁠to Reuters email ​queries ‌on the NHK ​report. (Reporting ⁠by Satoshi Sugiyama, Mariko Katsumura, Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Jacqueline ​Wong)