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Column: Roki Sasaki is a Dodger. Here’s why it’s a great day for baseball

This is not a sad day for baseball. This is a great day for baseball.

Roki Sasaki, arguably the best young pitcher in the world, is a Dodger. Sasaki announced his decision in an Instagram post Friday.

Fifteen years ago, LeBron James announced his big decision on live television, with these memorable words: “I’m going to take my talents to South Beach.”

This would be the ruin of the NBA, or so the critics whined.

James and Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade? A super team? How would the rest of the league survive, let alone prosper?