MESA, Ariz. — For the third time in 12 years, the A’s will play their season opener in Japan in 2019, The Chronicle has learned.
The Japan opener has yet to be officially announced, but according to league and team sources, Oakland and Seattle will begin next season at the Tokyo Dome. The two clubs opened the 2012 season in Tokyo. The A’s also started their 2008 season in Japan against the Red Sox.
“If we’re in the running, I’d be 100 percent all for it,” said A’s manager Bob Melvin at Fitch Park on Wednesday.