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Baseball fans allowed back in stadiums in Japan
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Friday, 10 July 2020 07:56
TOKYO -- Japan's professional baseball league opened the delayed season three weeks ago. Now fans are back too.After playing in empty stadiums to get started, Japan on Friday began allowing up to 5,000 fans into the games or 50% of the stadium capacity -- whichever is smaller. Officials hope to allow all stadiums to be filled to 50% capacity beginning…
'I'll miss the National League game': NL managers weigh in on the Universal DH
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Friday, 10 July 2020 05:49
One thing that will be unmistakable for fans in the National League when games in the 2020 season get played: Pitchers won't be hitting, thanks to the adoption of the universal DH for this campaign. Whether it's just a feature of Major League Baseball's shortened 60-game season or a sign of things to come, we asked the NL's managers what…
'Spitting is like blinking': Ballplayers talk about their first week in 2020 summer camp
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Friday, 10 July 2020 05:49
The day-to-day changes Major League Baseball players are dealing with might become routine in time, many players said after the first full week of workouts at summer camp. But the new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic has already had an effect on one aspect of the game that is part of the fabric of sport at any level.Camaraderie.Social distancing is…
Bellinger ready for 'once-in-a-lifetime' season
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Thursday, 09 July 2020 20:34
LOS ANGELES -- Cody Bellinger is healthy, his mind is right and he's ready for whatever baseball's shortened 60-game season brings.Bellinger is looking to pick up where he left off after a stellar performance for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019. The reigning National League MVP batted .305 with 47 homers and 115 RBIs for the NL West champions last…
Rendon: Music beats fake fan noise for games
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Thursday, 09 July 2020 17:28
Piped-in fan noise is the new reality for a 2020 baseball season that will be played primarily, if not entirely, in empty stadiums. Anthony Rendon, the star third baseman in his first season with the Los Angeles Angels, heard it for the first time during Wednesday's intrasquad scrimmage and thought it was "stupid."He would prefer silence."Without a doubt," Rendon said.…
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