Source: Daily Sports NPB held an emergency meeting on the 12th and reached the decision to loosen the limitations placed on fan attendance at games starting on September 19. A government branch meeting on the 11th determined that it was safe to allow stadiums to be filled to a maximum of 50% of their capacities….
Based on my Japanese column for Daily Sports / トレバーの虎場（デイリースポーツ）はこちら Life in 2020 has shown us that things will not always go as planned. The spread of COVID-19 has changed everyone’s lives in some way, shape, or form. Baseball is no exception. The Olympics have been postponed, the NPB season has been shortened, and for…
The Hanshin Tigers have announced, along with the rest of NPB, that it will allow a maximum of 5,000 fans to attend games between July 10 and 31. Depending on how well COVID-19 is contained at that point, stadiums could be allowed to operate at half-capacity from August 1 onward. The Tigers end their long…
Source: Sanspo The Japan High School Baseball Federation held an online meeting on May 20 and determined that the summer tournament, scheduled to be held at Koshien Stadium from August 10, would be cancelled due to the spread of novel coronavirus. This is the third time in history that the tournament has been cancelled, and…
Sources: Yahoo / Mainichi Nippon Professional Baseball brought representatives from all 12 teams together on the 9th in Tokyo, and have agreed to delay the start of the 2020 regular season, which was scheduled to start on March 20. When asked about when the season might start, league commissioner Atsushi Saitoh said, “We aim to…
Zorny and I went to last night’s game at Koshien Stadium. The Tigers had to win, and they brought their best. The Giants had nothing at stake and it showed. Still, very entertaining ball game. Here are our postgame thoughts:
By now, you should be familiar with the drill. H-TEN is back with the definitive guide on how to vote for the NPB All-Star Game. And by the way, Game 2 of the ASG will be played at Koshien Stadium on Saturday, July 13! Tickets are sold based on a lottery system, and you can…
Original Article Is Here 元の記事はこちら Talks of bringing back a ‘Lucky Zone’ to Koshien Stadium, Hanshin Tigers home ballpark, were revealed on the 10th. Various improvements to the ballpark were discussed at the Hanshin Electric Railway headquarters, and if the Lucky Zone is brought back, it will be the first time since it was taken…
T-Ray Original (in Japanese) in Daily Sports here Summer vacation is upon us at long last. School’s out and the kids are free to do whatever they want. Well, most kids. A select few hundred boys are getting ready to stand on the most important stage of their lives. That’s right — while the Hanshin…
You get to Koshien Stadium, and get to your seats. All around you, people are smacking plastic bats together as they sing the player cheer songs. They all have cool designs, and you want some of your own. Where did they get them? (They’re available at the two shops before you enter the stadium proper,…