It’s almost impossible for me to believe that it has been 20 years since the Cubs made their historic trip to Japan to face the Mets in the first Major League Baseball games played outside North America. It was something I felt I couldn’t possibly miss, so I spent a week in Japan, touring the country and attending the two Cubs/Mets games (as well as a pair of exhibition games the Cubs played against NPB teams).
The Cubs and Mets were chosen for this series in part because their two biggest stars at the time, Sammy Sosa and Mike Piazza, were extremely popular in Japan.