Shohei Ohtani took the field at the Tokyo Dome to the roar of applause as a brief snippet of his walk-up song, "The Show Goes On" by Lupe Fiasco, played in the background. Never mind that Friday was just a workout day -- the excitement was real,

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts confirmed on Tuesday that the club will start Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki next week when they take on the Chicago Cubs in Japan as part of the Tokyo Series,

The response to Shohei Ohtani at the Tokyo Dome Friday re-established a longstanding truth about the Dodgers: In Japan’s view, there is Ohtani and then there is everyone else.