The Los Angeles Dodgers have formally touched down in Japan for the two-game Tokyo Collection towards the Chicago Cubs.
The Dodgers will play two exhibition video games over the weekend, earlier than dealing with off towards the Cubs on March 18 and 19 to open the 2025 common season.
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The Dodgers had been the apparent selection amongst MLB groups to go to Japan as they’ve three of the league’s best Japanese skills on the roster in Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki.
Ohtani performed in Nippon Skilled Baseball for 5 seasons (2013-17); Yamamoto performed within the NPB for six seasons (2017-23); and Sasaki performed within the NPB for the final 4 seasons (2021-24). All three represented Crew Japan within the 2023 World Baseball Basic, serving to them win the gold medal over Crew USA.
Now, all three gamers will get to return to their house nation in one of the crucial anticipated occasions in baseball historical past. Not solely will they get to characterize the Dodgers in entrance of their hometown followers, however they’ll additionally get to indicate their Dodger teammates what life is like in Japan.
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In line with supervisor Dave Roberts — who was additionally born in Japan — Ohtani, Yamamoto, and Sasaki are internet hosting their teammates for a compulsory, players-only group dinner with a sushi chef this week.
“Shohei … Yoshinobu, and Roki are internet hosting simply the gamers — which is nice — it’s obligatory, and so simply the gamers are gonna be there all 31 guys and so they’re gonna deliver this loopy sushi chef and go to some dinner and so they’re gonna host it, so it’s superior.”
The three Japanese stars appear very excited to host their teammates of their house nation, and so they’re already going to make them really feel at house by internet hosting this dinner.
This journey may even be an important group bonding expertise for the reigning World Collection champs, as they welcome some new faces to the membership after a busy offseason.
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