Request not to collect "Koshien Soil" To be given at a later date Japan Koyaren August 3 21:35
In this month's high school baseball exchange game held at Koshien Stadium, from the perspective of preventing infection with the new coronavirus, it is necessary to swiftly replace teams in a form that avoids contact, and the Japan High School Baseball Federation We decided to ask each participating school for cooperation so that the players would not collect the soil of the ground.
At the Koshien Stadium, 32 schools that have been selected to participate in this year's Senbatsu competition will be invited, and exchange games will be held as long as one game per team.
Every spring and summer, after the match, players from the losing team can see the soil from the ground and bring it home with them, but in this exchange match, as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus, the next match In 40 minutes provided in, the bench will be disinfected and teams will be replaced without contact.
The Japan Takanoren will ask each participating school for cooperation so that the players do not collect the soil of the ground after the game in order to promptly carry out a series of measures.
It means that the players of the participating schools will be given the soil of the Koshien Stadium at a later date.