Spring camp for professional baseball started from the 1st to 12 teams all at once.
In order to prevent infection with the new coronavirus, the camp-in was held in an unusual atmosphere, with the players' voices echoing in the quiet stadium without spectators.
From the 1st, 8 baseball teams will enter the camp in Okinawa Prefecture and 4 baseball teams will enter the camp in Miyazaki Prefecture from the 1st, and all baseball teams will receive both prefecture-specific emergency declarations and government emergency declarations at the request of both prefectures. It will be done without the audience until is released.
Therefore, the camp of the day started in a different atmosphere than usual, with the voices of the players echoing in the quiet stadium where no team can hear the cheers of the fans.
Of these, Rakuten has been camping in Kumejima, Okinawa 16 years before entering professional baseball, but this time it started on the main island of Okinawa in consideration of the local medical system, and new manager Kazuhisa Ishii was appointed. For the first time after that, he showed off his uniform number "99".
At each campsite, fences and signboards were set up and staff members were placed around the stadium and the bullpen so that only people involved could enter.
In addition, the press was banned from interviewing on the ground and the location of the interview was restricted in order to avoid contact with the players.
All team members and the press, including athletes, enter the campsite after undergoing a PCR test in advance and confirming that they are negative, and during the period, they are regularly tested about once a week. , I have decided to take thorough measures against infection by refraining from eating out and going out unnecessarily.