Professional baseball Aiming to open on June 19 at the shortest New Corona

Professional baseball Aiming to open on June 19 at the shortest New Corona May 12 19:57

An extraordinary owner's meeting for professional baseball was held to reconfirm the policy of aiming for the opening of this season, which was postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus, from mid-June to late June. According to the people involved in the team, it was set in the direction of aiming for June 19th at the shortest.

The owner's meeting on the 12th was held on an ad hoc basis and held in a web format to exchange opinions regarding future opening dates.

It is said that at the meeting, the policy of aiming for the opening of mid to late next month when the 12 teams were united was confirmed again at the representative meeting on the 11th.

According to the members of the team who attended the meeting, the goal was to aim for June 19th at the shortest.

They also agreed to carefully develop guidelines to ensure the health and safety of athletes and staff, and to minimize the risk of athlete movement and infection during matches.

DeNA owner Tomoko Minamiba, who chaired the post-meeting conference, said, “We are in agreement that professional baseball alone cannot be in the situation. However, the major direction is that if the emergency declaration is lifted, It means getting ready quickly. "

Also, regarding the prospect that the number of games will decrease and it will be held with no audience even if it starts, "It is a very big problem for the team management. There is no guarantee that such an event will end only with a thing. There is also an opinion that we need to have a perspective on what we can do in the medium to long term after the season, so we will continue discussions. "

Professional baseball will hold a liaison meeting with the soccer J.League and a 12-team team representative meeting again this month to discuss the opening season and management method.