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From his first bullpen session this spring, there seemed to be something different about Yoshinobu Yamamoto. “I think he’s just comfortable,” Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said this ...

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto is headed for home. The 26-year-old starter will take the mound in his native Japan on Tuesday as part of the Major League Baseball season opener between ...

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, shown during a workout at Camelback Ranch earlier this month, pitched five innings on Monday in his final spring training start. (Darryl Webb / Associated Press ...

After Yoshinobu Yamamoto got the win in the Tokyo Series opener Tuesday, rookie Roki Sasaki gave up just one run in 3.0 innings of work Wednesday. Shohei Ohtani, meanwhile, hit a home run to ...

“Truth be told, it’s his country,” Roberts said of Yamamoto. “I think it’s bigger than the Dodgers. It’s about baseball, and it makes the most sense for him to start the first game of ...

Blood vessels in the macaque brain are densest in energy-intensive regions such as the visual cortex Figure 1: A high-resolution image showing the distribution of blood vessels in the macaque brain.