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MLB has previously hosted regular-season games in Japan five times, including most recently in 2019. Sign up for more Dodgers news with Dodgers Dugout. Delivered at the start of each series.
The Los Angeles Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit when the reigning World Series champions open their season in Japan against the Chicago Cubs on March 18 and 19. “I don't think he ...
The Dodgers will travel to Japan for the first time, but it will be their fourth time being featured internationally after they went to Sydney, Australia, in 2014, Monterrey, Mexico, in 2018, and ...
Nelson called joining the Dodgers' broadcast team "a defining moment" in his career and personal, as he represents the Asian American Pacific Islander community in sports broadcasting. Upon joining the Dodgers, Nelson was the only Asian American play-by-play broadcaster working for a Major League team.
A total of 71 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
Steiner was unable to broadcast any games on the radio during 2024 but announced that his multiple myeloma blood cancer was in remission by the end of the season. [2] Valenzuela, long time Dodgers player and a Spanish language broadcaster since 2003 worked most games but was forced to step down from broadcasting during the last week of the ...
The Dodgers and Cubs will open the 2025 season with a two-game series at the Tokyo Dome. The Dodgers are the first team to open with overseas games in consecutive seasons.
Saito returned to Japan after the 2012 season, signing with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. [14] The Eagles are located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Saito's place of birth. (Saito was nicknamed "The Man from Miyagi" by Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully.) The team was founded just one season before Saito left for MLB.