Baseball: Hawks postpone game after player tests positive

The SoftBank Hawks have postponed Sunday's game with the Seibu Lions after veteran outfielder Yuya Hasegawa tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Pacific League club said Saturday.Hasegawa is the sixth player in Nippon Professional Baseball to test positive, but the first one since all players and staff members were tested prior to the start of the delayed regular season on June 19.The 35-year-old Hasegawa has played in 11 games this season but was deactivated on July 7. While he has not come into direct contact with any of the first team players or staff, many people with the firs…READ FULL ARTICLE