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
I’m departing this afternoon out of O’Hare Airport in Chicago to fly to Japan to see the Cubs face the Dodgers in the 2025 season opening Tokyo Series. (If you’re interested in tracking it, I’m on United flight 881, scheduled to leave about 2:10 p.m. CT.)
Time sometimes passes slowly, but I am finding it hard to believe that it’s been a quarter century — 25 years — since I made a similar trip to Tokyo to see the Cubs and Mets play.