But that didn’t feel tangible until the next year as he watched the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets open the 2000 regular season at the Tokyo Dome. Fukudome, the Cubs’ first Japanese player ...

The MLB season opens in Japan on Tuesday with a duel of Japanese stars on the mound. And then there's Shohei Ohtani, too.

When Kosuke Fukudome thinks back to his first professional season in Japan, Major League Baseball never felt like an ...

This Date in Baseball-Week Ahead for March 28 - April 3. 2 Takes ...

When the Chicago Cubs opened the 2000 season with a two-game series in Tokyo against the New York Mets, it was considered the start of a new era. “I don’t think this is going to be a ‘put your toe ...

The Major League Baseball season kicks off Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome when Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series ...

Twenty-five years ago the Cubs also opened their season by playing in Tokyo. In March of 2000, the Cubs split a two-game series with the Mets playing in the first MLB regular season game to take ...

CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs opened the 2000 season with a two-game series in Tokyo against the New York Mets, it was considered the start of a new era. “I don’t think this is going to be ...

TOKYO — Ichiro Suzuki was having his typical day on a baseball field in 2000, putting on a power display during ... the ...

Start time in Chicago is 5:10 a.m. while ... The New York Mets and Cubs played a two-game set at the Tokyo Dome in 2000.Since that series, MLB returned in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2019.