Several Japanese ballplayers reported to work on Friday concerned over their families overseas. Japan was hit by an earthquake that measured an 8.9 in magnitude on Friday, the fifth-strongest measurement in the world since 1900. Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki and Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka spent the morning trying to contact their loved ones across the Pacific. "I woke up in the morning and tried calling them, but I wasn't able to get through," Matsuzaka said. "I e-mailed them and was able to get through from that, so I contacted my family and a few of my friends and they all seem to be all right. I haven't been able to get in touch with my grandmother, who lives in Aomori, which is close to where the earthquake was."