IRVING, TEXAS - APRIL 19: Former baseball player John Smoltz walks off the 11th gree during the Invited Celebrity Classic at Las Colinas Country Club on April 19, 2024 in Irving, Texas. (Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images)

IRVING, TEXAS - APRIL 19: Former baseball player John Smoltz reacts after missing a putt on the 11th hole during the Invited Celebrity Classic at Las Colinas Country Club on April 19, 2024 in Irving, Texas. (Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images)

(L to R) Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, Masanori Murakami, a former Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who was the first Japanese to play in the US, and former US player Warren Cromartie, who played in both MLB and NPB leagues, take part in a press conference on US-Japan baseball, at the US ambassador's residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Josh Rawitch (L), president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, looks on as US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (R) speaks during a press conference on US-Japan baseball, at the US ambassador's residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Former US baseball player Warren Cromartie, who played in both Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB) leagues, speaks during a press conference on US-Japan baseball, at the US ambassador's residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

(L to R) Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, Masanori Murakami, a former Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who was the first Japanese to play in the US, and former US player Warren Cromartie, who played in both MLB and NPB leagues, take part in a press conference on US-Japan baseball, at the US ambassador's residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

(L to R) Masanori Murakami, a former Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who was the first Japanese to play in the US, Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, former US player Warren Cromartie, who played in both MLB and NPB leagues, and US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel pose with baseball memorabilia at the end of a press conference on US-Japan baseball, at the US ambassador's residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

A journalist takes a photo of a jersey (R) worn by Dodgers' Japanese player Shohei Ohtani at the beginning of the current season, on display to the media before the start of a press conference on US-Japan baseball, at the US ambassador's residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2024, while an image of former Japanese star player Ichiro Suzuki (C) is pictured on a television screen. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)