The traditional jet balloon launches by fans of the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball may fall victim to the current coronavirus outbreak after the team asked fans on Friday to refrain from the practice.For decades, fans of the popular Japanese club have inflated the long cylindrical balloons prior to their team batting in the seventh inning. After fans sing the team's victory song, "Rokko Oroshi," the balloons are released en masse."As a team, we wanted to do whatever we could," a spokesperson of the Central League club said.With a number of other clubs having since copied the…READ FULL ARTICLE
