In baseball-mad Japan, Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers triumph on Opening Day
The baseball-mad country of Japan greeted perhaps the brightest star it has ever produced with silence. When Shohei Ohtani stepped into the batter’s box to open Major League Baseball’s season against his fellow countryman,
Shohei Ohtani, Japan's Other Baseball Stars Shook Their Nerves and Delivered in MLB's Tokyo Opener
Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a little extra zip on his fastball. Shohei Ohtani even admitted to some nerves. There was little doubt this was no ordinary baseball game. But the Japanese players who were playing in front of their home country at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night handled any jitters they had quite well,
Then, a formal dedication of the field was conducted, with it renamed Largent Field in honor of the late Greg Largent, a longtime educator and coach with the Escalon Unified School District.
The Sandhill Global Youth Complex expects the facility to be at full capacity this summer, with eight turf fields, and around 2,500 games on the schedule.
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback