Baseball: Cubs’ Imanaga prepared for ‘historic’ Opening Day start

Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga is set to throw the very first pitch of Major League Baseball’s 2025 season to Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani when the two teams meet at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday. “It will be a historic game,” Imanaga told a press conference Monday at the venue, where he will make history with Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto as the first Japanese pitchers to go head-to-head as MLB Opening Day starters. Imanaga expects the much-hyped season opener to be the biggest moment of his career. Both games of the Tokyo Series are treated as home games for …

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