Baseball: Ichiro thrilled for Japan’s 1st MLB opener since retirement

Newly inducted Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki spoke Friday of his excitement about Major League Baseball staging its season-opening series at Tokyo Dome on March 18-19 and returning to Japan for the first time since his retirement game at the same venue in 2019. The first Asian to be elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 21, Ichiro said the two-game series between the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, with five Japanese players among the two clubs, will be a moment to remember for local fans. “We’ll get the chance to see the world champion Dodger…

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