Have you wondered how teams in Japanese baseball move from one city to another and how it differs from the hectic, rat race travel schedule endured by their cousins in the major leagues?
Thanks to the shinkansen, high-speed rail is the way most traveling is done by ball clubs in Japan, with some commercial air flights and an occasional ferry ride taking the players and supporting staff members to the next town.
American and National League teams have their own air charter, and that is convenient, but they must put up with the periodic five-hour, coast-to-coast flights and battle jet lag because of the multiple time zones in the U.S. and Canada.