Baseball: Practice games resume in Japan after virus halt

Japanese professional baseball clubs held practice games on Tuesday to prepare for their scheduled season openers, which have been delayed for roughly three months to June 19 due to the new coronavirus pandemic.A total of 71 practice games are scheduled between Tuesday and June 14, all behind closed doors, after Nippon Professional Baseball decided on the date of this year's Opening Day last week.The 12 teams have been divided into two groups depending on where they are based and will face teams in the same group to restrict cross-country travel.Four games were held in Tokyo and its surroun…READ FULL ARTICLE