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Report: Athletics, Mariners to open 2019 season in Tokyo

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Get ready for some more MLB baseball, Japan.

The Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will open the 2019 season at the Tokyo Dome in Japan in 2019, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, citing league and team sources.

The event has yet to be officially announced, but Slusser spoke with Athletics manager Bob Melvin on Wednesday and he sounded excited about the prospect.

"If we're in the running, I'd be 100 percent all for it," Melvin said. "Not only did we have a great time, it's a life lesson as much as anything, but it significantly helped our team come together in 2012."

The Mariners were the Athletics' opponents in '12 when they played their opener at the same venue. The 2019 game would mark the third time in 12 years that Oakland's played its season opener in Japan.

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