The Padres have gone international and fans in San Diego will have to either stay up late, real late, or get up early, real early, to watch the team play their…
The Padres have gone international and fans in San Diego will have to either stay up late, real late, or get up early, real early, to watch the team play their first game of the season.
The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers will open the Major League Baseball season Wednesday, March 20th in Seoul, Korea, the first pitch is set for 3:05am .Not the usual start time for baseball games, not the usual start to the season.By starting the MLB season on this international stage, MLB expands exposure to its product, teams and players.
While Kim is the main attraction for the Padres, the Dodgers main attraction is their new star player Shohei Ohtani. The Dodgers spent $1.1 billion this off-season in player moves with the $700 million free-agent signing of Ohtani being the marquee move. On Wednesday, the Padres will send Yu Darvish out as their starting pitcher, while the Dodgers will counter with Tyler Glasnow. For Thursday's game Joe Musgrove will get the start against Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
After the two games in Korea, the Padres will fly home then have their home Opening Day March 28th at Petco Park against the San Francisco Giants.
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