Professional baseball season starts from 24th to further postponement New corona influence April 2nd 22:14
Professional baseball will discuss the start of the season, which has been postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, with representatives of 12 teams on March 3, but the target opening of this month is expected to be postponed further Was.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the season for professional baseball has been postponed by more than one month from the originally scheduled 20th of last month due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
However, the number of infected people is increasing rapidly in Tokyo, and the situation is getting worse, with three baseball players in Hanshin being infected in professional baseball.
Under these circumstances, the executives of the SE League Six Teams met in Tokyo on the night of the 2nd to discuss the opening time. According to stakeholders, there were many opinions from attendees that "it is difficult to open this month" and there was no opinion that it should be opened on the 24th.
He also discussed the game schedule, assuming the opening of next month, and confirmed that depending on the opening date, he would not be able to play all 143 games of the regular season.
The Pa League has already agreed that the presidents of each baseball team had an online meeting on March 31 and that opening this month is difficult.
The 12 baseball teams of professional baseball will listen to experts from the infectious disease specialist at the countermeasures liaison meeting with the J-League on the morning of the 3rd, hold a meeting by representatives in the afternoon, and discuss the opening time, The opening of the 24th of this month has been confirmed to be postponed again.