In Seoul on Wednesday and Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will play the first games of the Major League Baseball season.
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/BloombergMLB Brings Shohei Ohtani, Season Openers and Big Dreams to Seoul
Major League Baseball bets its time has come in Asia, with a new generation of fans and an image built on fashion.
Brand new artificial turf glows bright green under newly installed LED stadium lights at the 17,000-seat Gocheok Sky Dome. The clubhouses and skyboxes for VIPs have been repainted and renovated, while vendors are rushing to stock up on chimaek — fried chicken and beer.
In Seoul on Wednesday and Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will play the first games of the Major League Baseball season. With Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers up against Yu Darvish and Ha-seong Kim of the Padres on the field, 2024 is turning out to be the sport’s moment in Asia.