SEOUL – As Seoul prepares to host one of the most hotly-anticipated Major League Baseball (MLB) season-openers ever in March, its mayor is seeking to make MLB games regular events in South Korea. 

Fans hoping to see new Dodgers players Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto go up against Yu Darvish and Kim Ha-seong of San Diego Padres poured online on the first day of ticket sales to try and secure seats. The quota available for MLB’s first-ever regular-season game in South Korea on March 20 sold out in the first hour.