Reader and fan of Japanese baseball Leon DeHaven in Arizona wants to know if the proposed 2014 season-opening series between the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers in Southern California (Baseball Bullet-In, April 28) is still going to happen. "I'm ready to rent a room in Anaheim," he wrote in an email.
Announcement of the tour, which would include exhibition games with major league teams in DeHaven's home state prior to official games at Dodger Stadium and Angels Stadium, was to have been made last month, but it has been quiet.
Better hold off on that hotel reservation, Leon. The series is in doubt and, according to a report in the June 4 edition of the Nikkan Sports, there has been little or no movement toward finalizing the event, and it appears the trip could very well be scrapped.