Hall of Fame to Hold Transpacific Baseball Exhibit Press Conference on Sunday, April 21 at Yankee Stadium

WHAT:

Discussion of planned Hall of Fame exhibit about transpacific exchange of baseball between the U.S. and Japan.

WHEN/WHERE:

Sunday, April 21, at 10:45 a.m. in the Yankee Stadium Press Conference Room.

Media should enter via the Press Gate on E. 161^st Street to the right of Gate 4.

SPEAKERS:

Josh Rawitch

President, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Hideki Matsui

NPB/Yomiuri Giants Outfielder (1993-2002), 3x Central League MVP (1996, 2000, ‘02) and Class of 2018 Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer /// MLB outfielder (2003-12), 2x AL All-Star (2003-04), 2009 World Series MVP with the Yankees

Roy White

NBP/Yomiuri Giants Outfielder (1980-82), Japan Series Champion (1981) /// MLB outfielder with the New York Yankees (1965-79), 2x AL All-Star (1969-70), 2x World Series Champion (1977-78)

ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY:

The National Baseball Hall of Fame will present select artifacts from its Museum collection at the event, including:

• Cincinnati Reds cap worn by George Foster during the team’s 1978 tour of Japan.
• New York Yankees jersey worn by Hideki Matsui during an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants on March 28, 2004, in which he hit a home run.
• Glove used by Masanori Murakami during his 1964 and 1965 seasons with the San Francisco Giants.
• Ball thrown by Hideo Nomo during a no-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sept. 17, 1996.
• L.A. Dodgers jersey worn by Shohei Ohtani during part of the team’s first homestand of the 2024 season.
• Shoes worn by Ichiro Suzuki on Oct. 3, 2004, when he recorded his 261st and 262nd hits of the season with the Seattle Mariners, setting a new single-season MLB record.
• A batting helmet worn by Ichiro Suzuki during the 2012 season from the Yankees Museum collection will also be on display at the event.

MORE INFO ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:

Please visit https://baseballhall.org/yakyu

RSVP:

Media wishing to attend should apply for a Yankees game day credential via the MLB credentials system at credentials.mlb.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

(Primary) Craig Muder, Director, Communications, cmuder@baseballhall.org

(Secondary, currently traveling) Jon Shestakofsky, V.P., Communications and Content, jshesta@baseballhall.org

FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CREDENTIAL APPLICATION OR YANKEE STADIUM:

media@yankees.com or (718) 579-4460

SOURCE:

Jon Simon

Assistant, Communications and Media Relations

New York Yankees