Baseball: Former Yankee Matsui, joins Kanemoto, Hara in Japanese Hall of Fame

Outfielders Hideki Matsui, Tomoaki Kanemoto and manager Tatsunori Hara were inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday along with university manager Masao Taki.Matsui and Kanemoto were elected in their first year of eligibility, while Hara, who narrowly missed selection for his exploits as a third baseman, was selected in his second year on the experts division ballot, which considered his considerable accomplishments as a manager.Matsui, who spent most of his career with the Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees, needing to be named on 75 percent of the ballots of selected ve…READ FULL ARTICLE