Tokyo Series preview: Everything you need to know before the Dodgers and Cubs begin the 2025 MLB season in Japan
On Tuesday and Wednesday, with the first pitch of each game scheduled for 6:10 a.m. ET, the 2025 season begins at the Tokyo Dome. This matchup features a boatload of Japanese stars and is sure to deliver an electric atmosphere. Here’s everything you need to know about the Tokyo Series.
1 Dodgers perennial MVP candidate in danger of missing Cubs series in Japan
The Los Angeles Dodgers, whose current 40-man roster features four former MVP award winners, are in serious danger of having one unexpectedly miss the two games series in Japan against the Chicago Cubs.
MLB Japan Series: A baseball fan's guide to Tokyo for Cubs vs. Dodgers on Opening Day
Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 MLB Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs.
Tokyo Series will showcase the depth of Japanese talent in Major League Baseball
TOKYO — The spotlight will be on slugger Shohei Ohtani when the superstar returns to Japan and leads the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs in the first two games of the Major League Baseball season at the Tokyo Dome.
Shohei Ohtani and Four Other Japanese Players Come Home to Start the MLB Season
It's the World Series-champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome to start the Major League Baseball season
Dodgers Superstar Suddenly At Serious Risk of Missing Opening Series vs Cubs in Japan
The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar is suddenly at risk of missing the team's opening series in Tokyo, Japan against the Chicago Cubs.
Smoking areas in clubhouse, no pitch clock: MLB players get a little taste of baseball in Japan
The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers can party like it's 2022 on the baseball field for a few days in Japan, and even ...
Baseball was in need of revitalization. Japanese stars are giving America's pastime a lifeline.
Japanese players Shohei Ohtani and Shota Imanaga are transforming Major League Baseball and its fans — and the future of the ...
How Topps is using the Tokyo Series to build its passionate baseball card-collecting community in Japan
Ahead of the Tokyo Series between the teams, Topps launched an interactive trading-card experience to celebrate Japan’s ...
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Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani warms up during the official training, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Tokyo, ...
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Dodgers’ Tokyo Series trip confirms the team’s ‘overwhelming’ hold on Japan
With the Dodgers scheduled to play a Saturday exhibition contest against the Tokyo Dome’s normal tenant, the Yomuiri Giants ...
Chicago Cubs notes from Tokyo: Matthew Boyd’s roots to Japanese baseball — and a healthy Julian Merryweather
Matthew Boyd’s appreciation for baseball’s popularity in Japan and its stars can be traced to his roots. Boyd grew up roughly 30 minutes outside Seattle and became a big Mariners fan when the ...
Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon is on a Pokemon hunt while in Japan
TOKYO — Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon knew there was a Pokemon Center near the team hotel in Tokyo, but he wanted to do more ...
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Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers participates in a practice session at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Friday, March 14, 2025, ...
Chicago Cubs Exhibition Game Against Japanese Club Ends in Surprising Outcome
The Chicago Cubs are one of two MLB clubs capping off their Spring Training in Japan, but few expected the outcome of their ...