The Los Angeles Dodgers will depart their spring training complex in Phoenix on Wednesday to board a plane that’ll shepherd them across the Pacific Ocean ahead of their season-opening series in Tokyo against the Chicago Cubs. While players are encouraged to sleep during specific windows to combat jet lag, there’s only so much time one can spend catching z’s while seated on a 14-hour plus flight.
If they end up craving a friendly dose of competition with their teammates, they may initiate a classic card game that’s often kept them busy in the back of the team plane over the last several years: poker.
