Dodgers will use ‘fluid’ rotation to fill second base, center field
Switch-hitting Tommy Edman will be an everyday player, either in center field or at second base.
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Tue, Mar 18
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Dodgers fans flock to Cosm for a one-of-a-kind season opener
Hundreds descend on Inglewood in the middle of the night to share in the feeling of being at a Dodgers victory that takes place more than 5,000 miles away.
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Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman scratched with recurrence of rib injury
Freeman felt discomfort in the same area on his left side where he suffered torn rib cartilage on the eve of the playoffs last season.
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Shohei Ohtani, pitching lead Dodgers to season-opening win in Tokyo
Ohtani had two hits and scored two runs.
Mon, Mar 17
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Japan’s rise in MLB hits high point in Dodgers-Cubs series
Nearly 25 years after Ichiro Suzuki embarked on a Hall of Fame career for the Mariners, the impact of Japanese players is as prevalent as ever going into this week’s games in Tokyo.
Sun, Mar 16
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Shohei Ohtani gives Dodgers the most epic sushi dinner ever
Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki hosted the event on Sunday, providing their teammates with an unforgettable night that featured a monstrous tuna.
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Mookie Betts will not play in Dodgers’ Tokyo games due to illness
Betts, who has been ill with a virus for the past week and lost “close to 15 pounds” as a result, is officially ruled out for the regular-season games against the Cubs and might leave Japan early.
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Attention on Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani ‘different than any one of our other players’
The crowds at Tokyo Dome go silent for Ohtani’s at-bats then erupt in cheers for anything he does, but he seems largely unaffected by a level of attention that might be matched by only a handful of athletes in any sport.
