Baseball: Japan, MLB All-Star series to be held for 1st time since 2014

Japan and an All-Star team from Major League Baseball will play a six-game series in November for the first time in four years, the organizers announced Tuesday.The two teams will face each other in the series that begin on Nov. 9 at three stadiums in Japan.Japan manager Atsunori Inaba said the games will be an opportunity for his team to prepare for the 2020 Summer Olympics."We will gun for a win in every single game, with a strong sense of pride for representing Japan," Inaba said in a statement.Samurai Japan and the MLB team will play for three straight nights at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 9, fo…READ FULL ARTICLE