The MLB called this week's Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs the largest standalone international event in its history.

The entire week was a buildup to this.Whether the ball struck by Shohei Ohtani would have cleared the right-field wall at the Tokyo Dome if some fans hadn’t reached over the railing is immaterial. In baseball,

Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to Japan, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-center field and helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cubs 6-3 to sweep the two-game series in Tokyo.