Major League Baseball's Dodgers' player Shohei Otani held a press conference at a baseball stadium in Seoul, South Korea, where the opening series against the Padres was being held. Otani said, ``I was looking forward to playing.

During this period, I want to enjoy both baseball and Korea itself'' Otani will face Padres' opening pitcher, Yu Darvish, for the first time, and said, "He's a pitcher I've watched and loved since I was little"