Game 1 of the Tokyo Series is in the books. The Dodgers’ offense got to the Cubs’ bullpen after strong performances from starters Shota Imanaga (four scoreless frames) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (five innings of one-run ball). The Dodgers ultimately came away from the game with a 4-1 victory, and the Cubs will try to leave Japan with a split in Game 2 tomorrow morning. Youngster Roki Sasaki (2.35 NPB ERA in 2024) will make his MLB debut for the Dodgers, pitching opposite Cubs southpaw Justin Steele (3.07 MLB ERA in 2024). As was the case this morning, tomorrow’s game will take place at 5:10am CT (3:10am PT), and will be broadcasted nationally on FS1. Meanwhile, locals in Chicago and Los Angeles can tune into Marquee Sports Network and Sportsnet L.A. for their respective local broadcasts.
I was (dying laughing) at the ad I got on Marquee (no idea if it was regional, local, whatever) for bet365. They might as well call it ihaveanobviousandirreversibleproblem.com.
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The MLBTR blurb:
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(dying laughing)
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Easy
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Poor Yu
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/yu-darvish-questionable-for-opening-day-due-to-elbow-inflammation.html
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Rice Cube,
Damn that stinks
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This is terrible and bad
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Belatedly, I hope a bunch of someones out there backed up Pubmed
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Cubs defense not quite living up to its reputation in 2025
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I missed you, line drives right at guys for double plays
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Expert analysis: cubs should also hit some home runs
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I don’t think the Cubs fully appreciate our sacrifice of waking up early to watch this shit.
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Mark Prior enters the chat.
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There’s our new rbi guy
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Hooray for scoring on an oxymoron.
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This seems sucky
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Cubs just need to rally against six straight closers, nbd
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Yay Ian
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Play by play guy talking about the lines in the Tokyo dome being 100 kilometers.
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BVS,
Extremely big if true
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What’s the point of replay
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I’m going to assume some Cubs fan just spent 5 grand to cost the Cubs a run and drop a souvenir in one fell swoop.
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Shaw is going to have his first big league hit turn into a worthless error ball in an hour.
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andcounting,
At least the broadcast team is referencing Jeffrey Meyer and not a famous fan from Cubs history
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Dansby!
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That 60′ hit pays off for Shaw
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Wow, Shaw is fast.
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Oops.
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The comeback hopefully continues
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Ugh they are doing the horoscope ads on mlb.tv again this year
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So the same amount of people live in the Toyko metro area as in Canada.
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Time to award the dodgers an extra run for fan interference there
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I really like these multi-image stitched together camera shots at Tokyo dome.
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BVS,
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berselius,
Though based on my experience in central Florida two even more prominent ad flavors are injury lawyers and machine gun shooting ranges
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Shaw making some great defensive plays today at the hot corner
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Why is Taylor obsessed with these fries, I have the radio overlaid
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berselius,
MLB Audio still not working on Android.
I made the mistake of updating MLB app last week. Should have known not to mess with a version that worked.
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I was watching Marquee and I have no idea.
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berselius,
They give her a sense of freedom?
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berselius,
I was (dying laughing) at the ad I got on Marquee (no idea if it was regional, local, whatever) for bet365. They might as well call it ihaveanobviousandirreversibleproblem.com.
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Ok, the Astros haven’t won the trade just yet.
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Love to see a game decided on a “hold on . . . no, we’re not going to challenge that.”
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Bummer
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Suppose I should amend and republish the season preview hehe
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Woot
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Lucky guess
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Rice Cube,
Let’s just pretend the season hasn’t started yet.
Denial works, right?
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BVS,
River in Egypt, things of that nature
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(dying laughing) as if on cue…I think he stole a bit from Yellon
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Milton Bradley and Mike Montgomery were surprisingly popular.
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A lot of people seemed to remember Yuniesky Betancourt as well, probably not for pleasant reasons
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New thread before we record the next pod or until something crazy happens –> https://www.obstructedview.net/a-post-tokyo-cubs-reset/
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