{"id":2896,"date":"2025-02-07T18:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2025-02-07T18:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:35:55","slug":"baseball-ichiro-thrilled-for-japans-1st-mlb-opener-since-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2896","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Ichiro thrilled for Japan&#8217;s 1st MLB opener since retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/288215928582407265\/profile_2.png);background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Kyodo News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>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. 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