Listen, missing out on the home opener is a tough pill to swallow. These are the most important supporters that you will have as a team, and without them you have nothing. So to hop on a plane for something crazy like 20 hours and play a game in Japan is a difficult thing to accept. Sure, it makes sense that its important to grow the game, and a trip to Japan would always be exciting for anyone, but to do it during the regular season is going a bit too far. This isn't even one of those special events that happens at an outdoor stadium or something. Those, at least, happen in the continental United States (usually) and so folks have a chance to travel and take part. Once more, when is this game happening, because the time zones for Japan and the Eastern United States couldn't be more different. I really would wish the league would take a deeper thought on this.