The Dodgers have dominated MLB in landing Japanese stars in recent years, so when the Seibu Lions posted ace Tatsuya Imai, it was expected that he might want to join fellow countrymen Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki in Los Angeles.

But speaking on “Hodo Station,” Imai revealed something is more enticing to him than helping the Dodgers to a World Series three-peat — he’d rather take them down.

“Of course, I’d enjoy playing alongside Ohtani, Yamamoto, and Sasaki,” Imai said, via MLB.com . “But winning against a team like that and becoming a world champion would be the most valuable thing in my life. If anything, I’d rather take them down.”

“If there were another Japanese player on the same team, I could just ask them about anything, right?” Imai said. “But that’s actua

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