{"id":2956,"date":"2025-03-17T18:14:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:14:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:14:30","slug":"baseball-cubs-imanaga-prepared-for-historic-opening-day-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=2956","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Cubs&#8217; Imanaga prepared for &#8216;historic&#8217; Opening Day start"},"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>Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga is set to throw the very first pitch of Major League Baseball&#8217;s 2025 season to Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani when the two teams meet at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday. &#8220;It will be a historic game,&#8221; 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. 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