I don’t know how much the Cubs got paid to serve as the sacrificial lamb home team against the heavily favored Dodgers in Japan. That’s not necessarily about the short-handed Dodgers still being better despite missing two former MVPs from the lineup, it’s just that the Japanese fans made it feel like the game may as well have been played at Chavez Ravine. Well, except for the fact that the place filled up early.
In any case, the Cubs now begin the rest of the season with the first of four games against another NL West opponent in Arizona.