- Title: Ohtani prepares for MLB opener in front of huge crowd in Tokyo
- Date: 18th March 2025
- Summary: BEIT HANOUN, GAZA (MARCH 19, 2025) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) MAN SHOWING LEAFLET WITH WORDS READING (Arabic): “Urgent Warning” VARIOUS OF PEOPLE FLEEING WITH THEIR BELONGINGS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN FROM BEIT HANOUN, KHADIJA HAMAD, SAYING: “Until when will we be like this? Until when? This is the tenth time that we are displaced, the tenth time, from Beit Hanoun
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- Keywords: Japan Los Angeles Dodgers MLB Major League Baseball Shohei Ohtani Tokyo baseball
- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
- City: TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Baseball,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001965618032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani stepped out onto the field for training on Tuesday (March 18) ahead of the opening game of the 2025 Major League Baseball season.
A capacity crowd of 55,000 people cheered as they watched national hero Ohtani and five of his countrymen all don their MLB uniforms as the Los Angeles Dodgers prepare to face the Chicago Cubs.
Ohtani is joined by Japanese teammates Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, both pitchers for the Dodgers, while the Cubs have outfielder Seiya Suzuki and pitcher Shota Imanaga. It marks the highest representation of Japanese players in the six times the MLB has held season openers in Japan since 2000.
Ohtani and Yamamoto are among the opening day starters for the Dodgers while Shota Imanaga takes the mound as starting pitcher for the Cubs.
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