The back-to-back defending World Sequence champions might be enjoying at a brand new dwelling (at the least in identify).
The Los Angeles Dodgers introduced on Wednesday that their dwelling area of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, is getting a reputation change. The brand new identify of the stadium might be UNIQLO Subject at Dodger Stadium.
The sudden identify change is a part of a brand new naming rights partnership between the Dodgers and UNIQLO, a Japanese attire retailer. In a joint release, the Dodgers and UNIQLO said that the retailer could have “naming shows in numerous stadium places, together with above the batter’s eye in heart area, on the facade beneath the press field, and on the grass alongside the baselines” as a part of the settlement.
Dodger Stadium was first opened in 1962, making it the third-oldest ballpark in Main League Baseball (behind Fenway Park and Wrigley Subject). It has been the house of the Dodgers by way of 23 division titles, 13 NL pennant victories, and 7 World Sequence titles.
However the Dodgers clearly have very sturdy ties to the Japanese neighborhood, particularly with the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki presently starring on their roster. As well as, the Dodgers have rostered loads of different Japanese-born gamers in many years previous, together with Hideo Nomo, Kazuhisa Ishii, Hiroki Kuroda, and Kenta Maeda.
The Dodgers have additionally had some noteworthy non-baseball gestures for their Japanese fans over the years. Now the identify of a Japanese firm has arrived at their stadium (although followers will nearly actually proceed to confer with the venue as “Dodger Stadium”).
