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Column: As the Chicago Cubs prepare for the season opener in Japan, a modest proposal to fix the Tokyo Series
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Opening day is the one day on the sports calendar that still means something in a rapidly changing world in which the Yankees can grow facial hair and bags no longer fly free on Southwest Airlines .
The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers open the season at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday .
It's the sixth major-league series in Japan , including the Cubs-Mets debut, which took place on March 29-30 .
MLB should schedule the Tokyo Series during spring training rather than at the start of the season .
Jet lag is real, so it makes perfect sense to let the players get reacclimated to their own time zone without affecting their body clocks in any real games.
Playing in Japan in July could even lead to interest in a newfangled All-Star Game in Tokyo .