The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were rooting for the Cubs in the Tokyo Series, of course. They picked on the wrong player, however.

As the Los Angeles Dodgers kicked off the 2025 MLB season on the right foot, Shohei Ohtani gave an interview in Japan before the season began, sharing his top three batters and pitchers for 2025.

Shohei Ohtani is already off to the races before the rest of MLB has commenced. After capping off a 50-home run and 50-stolen base season that spearheaded a World Series title, Ohtani kicked off 2025 with a pair of hits on Tuesday followed by a home run in Wednesday's 6-3 victory over the

The Chicago Cubs are returning home from Japan with an 0-2 record. It was an unfortunate draw to pull the reigning World Series champion to start their season,

TOKYO -- The expectations for Shohei Ohtani's first trip to Japan ... later when an umpires' review confirmed its status as Ohtani's first homer of 2025. In the Dodgers' two-game sweep of the Cubs in the Tokyo Series, capped by Wednesday night's 6-3 ...

Cubs batting practice was well attended. But the Dodgers batting practice was a spectacle with hundreds of photographers, reporters and video journalists staking out Ohtani and his two Japanese teammates — pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki.

Dodgers phenom Roki Sasaki made his MLB debut and Shohei Ohtani went deep against the Cubs. A recap of Wednesday's game.

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Follow live as the LA Dodgers make it a Tokyo sweep with a 6-3 win over the Chicago Cubs, following the world champions’ 4-1 victory on Tuesday

Shohei Ohtani connected with a 99-mph fastball, smashing his bat into spinning seams for his first home run of 2025 against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome.