{"id":157032,"date":"2023-09-29T16:53:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=157032&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-09-29T16:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:53:19","slug":"matsuda-nobuhiro-hangs-up-his-cleats","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/matsuda-nobuhiro-hangs-up-his-cleats\/","title":{"rendered":"Matsuda Nobuhiro Hangs Up His Cleats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran baseball player Matsuda Nobuhiro has announced his retirement after an 18-year career. Contributing to seven Japan Series championships with the SoftBank Hawks and playing one season with the Yomiuri Giants, Matsuda described his career as &#8220;dream-like&#8221; at a recent press conference. He expressed gratitude for the support he received and singled out a game-winning hit in 2014 as his career highlight. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giants.jp\/news\/14449\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giants<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230928\/5010022015.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHK<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_157039\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157039\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fnn_matsuda-sb_2023_cl.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Matsuda Nobuhiro Hangs Up His Cleats\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fnn_matsuda-sb_2023_cl.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fnn_matsuda-sb_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/fnn_matsuda-sb_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-157039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(C)SoftBank HAWKS<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &#038; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>free weekly newsletter<\/a> today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/>this <b>form<\/b>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran baseball player Matsuda Nobuhiro has announced his retirement after an 18-year career. Contributing to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":157041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-157032","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/157032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}