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Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts left Tokyo early due to an unspecified illness ... Betts, who won the 2018 ...

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts, an Overton High School graduate, has left Tokyo and will miss his team's two-game ...

It was late morning and steam was rising from water tanks atop the colorful, but opaque-windowed, “soapland” sex parlors in a historic Tokyo red-light district. Walking through the narrow streets, ...

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Major League Baseball announced that its 2025 regular season will begin with the Tokyo Series presented by Guggenheim at the Tokyo Dome, featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers with Oshu, Japan native ...

Eric Stephen is the managing editor of True Blue LA, where he's covered the Dodgers since 2009, and the co-host of the Three-Inning Save podcast. He's on Bluesky at @ericstephen.bsky.social.

TOKYO, March 15 — It’s late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed “soapland” sex parlours in a historic Tokyo red-light district. Walking through the ...