Professional baseball to consider at the start of Friday of April New coronavirus March 11 22:49
As the spread of the new coronavirus spreads, Professional Baseball, which has decided to postpone the opening of the season on the 20th of this month, will hold a 12-team representative meeting on the 12th and set Friday as the opening day next month We are going to consider several alternatives.
With the spread of the new coronavirus, Professional Baseball has postponed the opening of the season on this month based on advice from infectious disease experts that it is desirable to postpone it in terms of crisis management.
In response, a representative meeting of the 12 teams will be held on the 12th to discuss the schedule while aiming to start next month.
NPB = According to Atsushi Ihara, Secretary-General of the Japan Baseball Organization, the meeting will not change the schedule that has already been set up, but will consider the multiple plans for the season to start with cards starting on Friday.
The timing of the opening will be determined each time by referring to the infection status of the new coronavirus and the opinions of experts.
In the meantime, all games scheduled to be completed by the end of November due to the end of November will be included on days when there are no games during the season, and depending on the situation, we will consider handling the climax series.
On the other hand, from the 20th of this month to the start of the season, practice games will be held.