The spring camp for professional baseball, which is scheduled to start on the 1st of next month, will be held in Okinawa Prefecture without spectators for the time being at the request of the prefecture.
With this, the 1st Army camp of 12 teams will start with no spectators, including Miyazaki Prefecture.
In Okinawa Prefecture, eight teams of Hanshin, Chunichi, DeNA, Hiroshima, Yakult, Lotte, Rakuten, and Nippon-Ham will start spring camps from the 1st of next month, and giants will also plan a second camp in Naha City from the 16th of next month. doing.
On the other hand, Okinawa Prefecture announced on the 19th that it would request each baseball team not to enter the camp through the NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball Organization after issuing a state of emergency unique to the prefecture in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. ..
On the 19th, each baseball team reconfirmed at the professional baseball executive committee held online that they would follow the policies of the local government, so for the time being, camp without spectators in Okinawa prefecture as requested by the prefecture. I decided to do it.
In Okinawa, Lotte, which camps on Ishigaki Island, has already announced that it will not allow spectators in consultation with the local government.
With this, the 1st Army camp of 12 teams will start with no spectators, including Miyazaki Prefecture.