Professional baseball next season starts on March 26th 143 games for each team will be held November 9th 16:42
Next season of professional baseball will start on March 26, and each team will play 143 games as usual.
On the 9th, both the Central League and the Interleague Play announced the schedule for the next season's Interleague Play and the Interleague Play.
The opening of this season was delayed to June due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but next season, the Central League and Pacific League will start at the same time on March 26, the same time as usual, and each team will interact as usual. There will be 143 regular season games, including 18 games.
The climax series will be held as usual next year.
In addition, due to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which have been postponed for one year, the pennant race will be suspended for 25 days from July 19th to August 12th.
In addition, Yokohama Stadium will be the main venue for baseball and softball, so it will be unavailable from early June to late August, and Jingu Stadium will be used as a waiting area for guests, so it will not be available from early July to mid-September. ..
For this reason, DeNA and Yakult, which are based in these two stadiums, will hold games hosted during this period at the Tokyo Dome and local stadiums.
Every year, the top three teams of the season two years ago were given the so-called "opening right", and the opening round was held at their home base, but due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the season schedule was rearranged, so the opening right Will be carried over to next year, and next season will start at the homes of Hiroshima, Yakult, and Giants, which were ranked high in 2018.
The Pacific League dates will be announced next month.