Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. His latest book about the Cubs is "Chicago Cubs Firsts." Find him on Bluesky at @bleedcubbieblue.bsky.social
The Cubs and Dodgers will meet at the Tokyo Dome Tuesday and Wednesday to begin the 2025 regular season.
This will be the fifth time MLB teams have met in Tokyo, and the second time for the Cubs, who played the Mets there 25 years ago in the first MLB series in Japan. Going forward, international MLB games are being branded as “MLB World Tour.