Baseball: 2 Giants players test positive for virus but NPB to move forward

Two Yomiuri Giants players have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Central League team announced Wednesday, but there were no indications from Nippon Professional Baseball that the news would affect its June 19 Opening Day.Giants shortstop Hayato Sakamoto and catcher Takumi Oshiro are the first pro baseball players in Japan known to have tested positive for the pneumonia-causing virus since Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami and two teammates were infected in late March.Neither of the Giants players, however, are believed to pose a high risk to others, the team said, citin…READ FULL ARTICLE