In professional baseball, many foreign players have been delayed in coming to Japan due to immigration restrictions due to the new coronavirus, so considering the impact on the team formation of the 2nd army, the number of trained players who can participate in the 2nd army game this season It was decided to increase.
This was approved by the professional baseball executive committee held online on the 5th.
It is stipulated in the regulations that trained athletes can participate in the games of the 2nd army only within 5 people per team.
However, many foreign players did not come to Japan this season in time for the start of the season, so we decided to increase the number of trained players who can participate in the game of the 2nd army in consideration of the influence on the team formation of the 2nd army. It was.
Specifically, the number of foreign players registered under the control who have not been able to enter the country will be added to the quota for training players.
Regarding the number of players to participate in the training players in the 2nd army match, the teams that have been infected with the new coronavirus or judged to be close contacts since last season have more than 6 players so as not to interfere with team formation. There are also special cases that allow you to participate.
For this reason, the Eastern League has announced that four players are giants infected with the new coronavirus and will apply this exception to the two-armed games from the 6th to the 14th of this month.
Information sharing for 3 teams “Priority Measures”
A meeting of representatives of 12 professional baseball teams was held, and in response to the application of "priority measures such as prevention of spread" to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus from the 5th to the three prefectures of Miyagi, Osaka, and Hyogo, the target area The three baseball teams, Rakuten, Hanshin, and Orix, have reported on the status of discussions with local governments.
Miyagi, Osaka, and Hyogo prefectures will be subject to "priority measures such as prevention of spread" from the 5th to the 5th of next month, and Sendai, Nishinomiya, and Osaka will be based in Rakuten, Hanshin, and Orix. Is also a target area.
In response to this, at the representative meeting of 12 teams held online on the 5th, 3 teams reported the status of discussions with the local government.
During the period, Hanshin will significantly limit the number of spectators in the games played at Koshien Stadium, and will not sell admission tickets to the general public, but will only allow purchasers of already sold annual reserved seats to enter.
In addition, Rakuten will also cancel ticket sales for games held at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi during the period at 9 pm on the 5th.
In addition, Miyagi Prefecture is requesting cooperation for sports facilities and entertainment facilities in Sendai City so that the business hours will be until 8:00 pm, but NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball Secretary-General Atsushi Ihara said after the meeting on the 5th. At the meeting, he said about the professional baseball game, "I heard that there is no line that absolutely ends at 8 pm."