The season-opening series between the Cubs and Dodgers will feature several members of Samurai Japan, the star-studded national baseball team, two of whom will face off right out of the gate. Despite a decidedly heavy Dodgers bias in terms of fan preference and official merchandise, the Cubs are the designated home team for the two games in Tokyo. That means Shota Imanaga will be on the bump with Shohei Ohtani leading off.
Pretty serious disrespect by @MLB to the @Cubs, Shota, Seiya, Roko and Yoshinobu #tokyoseries store at Tokyo Dome is basically a Dodgers-Ohtani store.