Baseball: Seniors who missed out on Koshien to get dirt from ballpark

Baseball players in their final year of high school will be presented with dirt from Koshien Stadium as a memento after two national tournaments at the ballpark were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hanshin Tigers and stadium operator said Monday.The Tigers, based at the western Japan stadium, said they will create key chains containing the dirt and give them to seniors who missed out on this spring's national invitational tournament and the summer national high school baseball championship, which were both canceled in response to the virus.Koshien is known as the mecca of Japa…READ FULL ARTICLE