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Shohei Ohtani: Seoul games to provide 'great memories'

SEOUL, South Korea -- Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani says the upcoming Major League Baseball season opener against the San Diego Padres in Seoul will provide "great memories" for him and his wife, but he will attempt to focus on baseball.

Ohtani spoke to journalists with Dodgers teammates at a packed news conference Saturday, a day after he arrived in Seoul with his wife Mamiko Tanaka.

He said it was the first time for his wife "to come with me to a game like this."

"So I think it's going to be really great memories for both of us.