Several websites, including SPORTS FROG, have noted a 2003 TIME “Asian Heroes” profile that mentions Hideki Matsui’s porn collection:

(This now makes complete sense)

“Indeed, his only eccentricity, if it can be called that, is his extensive private library of adult videos. His refreshing ability to laugh self-deprecatingly about his porno collection, reporters say, is one reason why fans and even nonfans have taken to him so much.”

We’re guessing Matsui’s proclivity for a porno lifestyle is coming up after his bizarro introduction of his *wife* yesterday. Thanks to the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, we have even more fun facts about Matsui insatiable desire for pay-for-sex feature films. Read more…