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MLB Veteran Dissects Japanese Experience of Dodgers and Cubs

A member of the inaugural Florida Marlins club of 1993, Orestes Destrade reached superstardom playing five seasons for Japan’s Pacific League’s Seibu Lions.
MLB Veteran Dissects Japanese Experience of Dodgers and Cubs
Los Angeles Dodgers's Roki Sasaki (L) pitches during the baseball game between Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in the MLB Tokyo Series at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 19, 2025. Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images
Donald Laible
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With much attention given to MLB’s World Tour Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers this week, few understand better than Orestes Destrade the experience of playing professional baseball in Japan.

“The biggest problem is adjusting to the time change. Once [Los Angeles and Chicago] landed in Tokyo, the players would have needed a good three days to adjust,” MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) veteran Orestes Destrade told The Epoch Times on Tuesday.

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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.