Before the first two contests of the 162-game gauntlet get underway, both teams are playing exhibition games in the Tokyo Dome. The Cubs faced the Hanshin Tigers in the late hours

This will be the Hanshin Tigers’ eighth game against individual Major League teams, each against a different club, but their first against a Nation

The last time the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers played on Opening Day was more than 60 years ago. And while so much has changed in the decades since, the April weather at Wrigley Field that day

This week, the Cubs and Dodgers will sqaure off in a two game series in Tokyo Japan to kickoff the MLB season. Here is eevrything you need to know.

Baseball mania reached fever pitch in Japan on Friday with public appearances of national hero Shohei Ohtani and other Japanese players set to take part in MLB season-opening games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs.