The US Major League Baseball season opened yesterday in Sydney, Australia. The Los Angeles Dodgers played the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first of two games played on the historic Sydney Cricket Ground.

Here’s what it looked like:

You can find plenty more pictures of this unusual sight here at Jon SooHoo’s blog. He’s the Dodgers’ official photographer.

I’m happy to report the Dodgers won both yesterday’s game and the one played today.