Yankees great Hideki Matsui left strong impression on Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto ... as the team showed the right-hander a video featuring Godzilla during the recruitment process.

Before taking the field for the first at-bat of Game 5 of the World Series, Shohei Ohtani was treated to a blast from the past when Hideki Matsui, the former Yankees hitter nicknamed “Godzilla ...

Affectionately referred to as "Godzilla," Matsui played seven seasons of a 10-year MLB career with the Yankees and appeared in three All-Star Games while swatting 140 home runs.