If MLB can get Japan to follow all its teams, “We do believe there are payoffs in the B’s: billions,” commissioner Rob Manfred said.

Shohei Ohtani is one of six players wearing a special patch for the 2025 MLB season, honoring the league’s global ambassadors.

Shohei Ohtani even admitted to some nerves. There was little doubt this was no ordinary baseball game. But the Japanese players who were playing in front of their home country at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday handled any jitters they had quite well,