Years from now, people who weren’t here will claim they were. The people who actually were here won’t be complaining about the outrageous ticket prices.

Japanese star Shohei Ohtani showed off some prodigious power in his return to the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.

Ohtani is the second Japanese-born player to hit a home run in an MLB game played in Japan, joining Hideki Matsui. Matsui hit a two-run home run for the New York Yankees against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at the Tokyo Dome on March 31, 2004.

The Dodgers will open the 2025 MLB regular season against the Cubs in a two-game Tokyo Series starting March 18

Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run home run in his return to his home country and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 5-1 victory over Japan's Yomiuri Giants on Saturday at Tokyo.

Shohei Ohtani has a tendency to drop jaws when he steps onto the baseball diamond. And jaws, this time of A-list celebrities, were on the floor on Opening Day during the Los Angeles Dodgers' game against the Detroit Tigers when Ohtani stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning at Dodger Stadium.

Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers have Japan excited in the days leading up to their season opener next week.

O'Neill went deep for a sixth straight opening day to extend his own record, connecting for a three-run homer in the Orioles' 12-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. He finished 3 for 3 with two walks and three runs scored.

Shohei Ohtani trotted to first base, and fervent boos rained down at Tokyo Dome. It was the seventh inning of Wednesday's eventual 6-3 Dodgers win, and the Cubs had just opted to issue an intentional