"Godzilla" Announces Retirement

Major League Baseball's biggest Japanese import, known affectionally as "Godzilla," is retiring.

According to News On Japan:

Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui, the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 World Series, announced his retirement today.

Matsui has been in professional baseball for twenty years (is is now 38) and made a cameo appearance in Godzilla x Mechagodzilla in 2002.

Above, yours truly in Toho International's conference room that
was adorned with Matsui "Godzilla" jerseys in 2005.  Photo by Masaharu Ina.

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