松井秀喜さん、プロ野球・巨人の新しい監督に

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October twenty-third. Baseball legend Hideki Matsui is the new manager of the Giants. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down.

The Giants, a professional baseball team, announced a new manager on the twenty-third.

It means a team manager.

It means an announcement.

The new manager is Hideki Matsui.

Matsui is fifty-two and comes from Ishikawa Prefecture.

It means where someone comes from.

He joined the Giants in nineteen ninety-three and hit many home runs.

It means to hit.

From two thousand three, he played in the American major leagues.

It means the major leagues.

With the Yankees, he was chosen as MVP of the two thousand nine World Series.

It means to be chosen.

His home runs in Japan and America add up to five hundred seven.

It means in total, combined.

It is his first return to the Giants in twenty-four years.

It means to return.

It means for the first time in a certain period.

The contract is for three years, and his uniform number is ninety.

It means a contract.

It means a uniform number.

Ninety is the number worn as manager by the late Shigeo Nagashima, who died last year.

It means to pass away.

Nagashima was an important mentor to Matsui.

It means a respected teacher or mentor.

At the press conference, Matsui said he wants to start today so a new golden age comes to the Giants.

It means a press conference.

It means a golden age.

He also said he truly wished manager Nagashima could have seen him like this.

It means figure, or how someone looks.

Matsui will lead the team from the thirtieth.

It means to lead or command.

Now let's listen to the full news again.

Quiz time. Listen and answer.

Ishikawa Prefecture.

Ninety.

From the thirtieth.

That's all for this evening. Thanks for listening. See you next time.