For most teams, Opening Day doesn't arrive until next weekend. For the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, however, it's right around the corner, as the two teams will square off in the season-opening Tokyo Series starting on Tuesday, March 18.

The crowds at Tokyo Dome go silent for Ohtani’s at-bats then erupt in cheers for anything he does, but he seems largely unaffected by a level of attention that might be matched by only a handful