Baseball: Dodgers, Cubs to play Yomiuri, Hanshin preseason in Tokyo

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs will warm up for their Major League Baseball season-opening series at Tokyo Dome next March with preseason games against Central League clubs the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers at the same venue, organizers announced Wednesday. The World Series champion Dodgers, home to Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani and right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, will play the Giants after the Cubs take on the Tigers, in back-to-back games on March 15. The following day, the Dodgers will face the Tigers before the Cubs, who count left-hander Shota Imanaga and outfielder S…

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