In response to a request from the government to hold events in the four prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto, which declare a state of emergency, professional baseball held an extraordinary executive committee to discuss the response.
However, opinions were divided on whether to hold the match in the target area without spectators or to postpone it, and it was decided to consider it again on the 24th.
In response to the spread of the new corona virus, the government issued a state of emergency for the four prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto from the 25th to the 11th of next month, including professional baseball in the target areas. In principle, we decided to request that the event be held without spectators.
In response to this, the 12 professional baseball teams held an extraordinary executive committee to discuss the response.
According to the people concerned, opinions were divided on whether to hold the match in the target area without spectators or to postpone it, and no conclusion was reached.
For this reason, it was decided to hold an executive committee again on the 24th to consider it.
While there are opinions from each team that even non-spectators should aim to hold games and play all 143 games of the season, there are also voices that holding games without admission income will have a big impact on the management of the team. It means that there is.
During the period of the emergency declaration, 7 games against Giants at Tokyo Dome, 1 game against Nippon-Ham Fighters, 8 games against Yakult at Jingu Stadium, 5 games against Hanshin at Koshien Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka A total of 27 games are scheduled for the Orix game in Japan, with 6 games in total.
Of these, on the 25th, the first day of the declaration, it is expected that three games will be held with spectators.