He Was MLB's Next Japanese Superstar. What Happened?

In 2003, Kazuo Matsui was set to follow in the footsteps of Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui towards MLB stardom. Instead, he became the first in line of Japanese players who couldn't make the leap. Join my Discord (only works the week the video comes out):   / discord   Follow me on Twitter:   / jolly_olive   and Instagram:   / jollyolive_   Grab some merch: https://shop.jomboymedia.com/collecti... Sources: https://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs05/s... https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/sp... https://time.com/archive/6646095/litt... https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april... https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/ka... Music (in order):    • Shadows – David Cutter Music (No Copyright...      • Summertime Love – LAKEY INSPIRED (No Copyr...      • Riviera – Smith The Mister (No Copyright M...      • Finally – Loxbeats (No Copyright Music)      • All Lies – Loxbeats (No Copyright Music)      • Faithful Mission – Artificial.Music (No Co...   All statistics courtesy of Baseball Reference, Fangraphs, Baseball Savant, Inside Edge, and Stathead. #MLB #Mets #Dodgers