Smoking areas in clubhouse, no pitch clock: MLB players get a little taste of baseball in Japan

TOKYO — The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers can party like it's 2022 on a baseball field for a few days in Japan, and even like it's 1982 off of it. There are a lot of similarities between baseball in the U.S. and Japan, but there are also subtle differences that will be on display as the Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers play in the Tokyo Dome. That's particularly true the next few days when they play exhibtion games against the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.

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