⚾ Framed Autographed/Signed Hideki Matsui 35x39 New York Yankees Pinstripe Baseball Jersey — Beckett BAS COA — Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan — Yomiuri Giants — New York Yankees — 2009 World Series MVP — "Godzilla" — 3-Time MLB All-Star — Beckett Authentication Services Certificate of Authenticity — Framed 35x39

⚾ Hideki Matsui signed this New York Yankees pinstripe baseball jersey himself — the autograph of the designated hitter and outfielder who crossed the Pacific after ten seasons with the Yomiuri Giants to become one of the most consistent and beloved Yankees of the 2000s, who played with the kind of professional reliability and quiet excellence that the Yankees clubhouse recognized and that the New York press, always hunting for the dramatic angle, eventually settled on describing as simply dependable in the best possible sense of the word. And then came October 2009. Authenticated and certified by Beckett Authentication Services (BAS) and presented in a frame measuring 35 by 39 inches, this signed Yankees pinstripe jersey is the collectible of the man they called Godzilla. Condition: NOS.

🌟 Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan — Yomiuri Giants — The Greatest Player in Japanese Baseball History Comes West

🌟 Hideki Matsui was born on June 12, 1974, in Nomi, a small city in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast of Honshu — the kind of place whose name appears in baseball history primarily because it produced him. He played ten seasons for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league, where he became the most feared hitter in the game — winning three NPB MVP awards, hitting 332 home runs, and becoming the player that Yomiuri crowds treated as something beyond a ballplayer. When he announced his intent to join the MLB, the negotiation between his departure and the Giants' reluctance to release him was a national conversation in Japan. The Yankees signed him. Condition: NOS.

🏆 2009 World Series MVP — The October Performance That Defined a Career

🏆 Hideki Matsui won the 2009 World Series MVP Award as the New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games — Matsui's contribution to that series was not subtle. He hit three home runs across six games and drove in eight runs, including six RBI in Game 6 alone as the Yankees secured the championship. No player in World Series history had driven in six runs in a single World Series clinching game. The pinstripe jersey. Signed. The October that those numbers describe. Framed 35x39. BAS authenticated. Condition: NOS.

⭐ Godzilla — The Name That Followed Him From Tokyo to New York

⭐ The nickname "Godzilla" followed Hideki Matsui from Japan to New York — a tribute to his imposing presence at the plate and the force with which he operated in the batter's box, a name that Yomiuri Giants fans attached to him before any MLB team had seen what he could do and that Yankees fans adopted immediately as their own. Three MLB All-Star selections. A World Series ring. A World Series MVP trophy. And the Yankees pinstripe jersey — the most recognizable uniform in professional baseball — carrying his signature and the full weight of the career it represents. BAS COA. Condition: NOS.

⚾🌟 Hideki Matsui. Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan. Yomiuri Giants (NPB, 1993-2002). New York Yankees (2003-2009). 2009 World Series Champion. 2009 World Series MVP. 3-Time MLB All-Star. Signed Yankees pinstripe baseball jersey, framed 35x39, BAS COA. Condition: NOS.