Professional baseball Chunichi entered a spring camp in Okinawa from the 1st.
Unlike the usual year, in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, it was an unusual start where thorough measures were taken, such as not allowing spectators for the time being.
Since Okinawa Prefecture issued a state of emergency unique to the prefecture and requested the NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball Organization to hold this camp without spectators, each team is urgently issued by Okinawa Prefecture and the government. Until both of the declarations of the situation are lifted, it will be an unusual camp-in with no spectators and no cheers from the fans.
In addition, athletes and other team members will undergo a PCR test about once a week to confirm negative results.
On the first day, a welcome bouquet was presented to Director Yoda and Yota Kyoda, the player's chairman, from Chatan Town, Okinawa Prefecture, the campsite of the 1st Army.
In the practice that started after this, Yudai Ohno, the ace pitcher who won the Sawamura Award, did not enter the bullpen because of the driving force of the team's rise to 3rd place last season, but he used catch balls and long throws to check the form. I was going.
Also, at Knock, the pitchers were excited by making a louder voice than anyone else.
Pitcher Ohno said, "I want to prepare for the opening of the camp without rushing. I want to improve the level of all pitches."
Director Yoda said, "I just want to be careful about my physical condition and practice with rich content and high quality for the season."
The Chunichi Okinawa camp will continue until the 26th of this month, with one army in Chatan and two in Yomitan.