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Preliminary details have been announced for one of the coming season's biggest events in Japan — the American League's official opening games between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics to take place at Tokyo Dome in late March, and it remains to be seen how many Japanese players will be coming as members of the two visiting clubs.
The Mariners and Ichiro Suzuki will meet the A's to start the major league schedule on March 28 and 29. The opener starts at 7 p.m., while the latter game begins at 6 p.m.
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