There have been many MLB players from Japan, and with the Tokyo Series taking place between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, a few of those Japanese stars are on display. One of the biggest names in baseball today is Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani.

If MLB can get Japan to follow all its teams, “We do believe there are payoffs in the B’s: billions,” commissioner Rob Manfred said.

I have seen an image of Shohei Ohtani, wearing jeans and a white T-shirt, gazing out from a vending machine while standing in a field of green tea leaves, a bottle of Ito En iced tea in his left hand,