4 pro baseball parks will close to fans during current emergency

Nippon Professional Baseball decided Saturday to hold games behind closed doors at stadiums affected by the new coronavirus state of emergency through May 11.The move will come into effect from Tuesday following the decision at an extraordinary session of the NPB's executive committee.The state of emergency goes into effect on Sunday and will affect Tokyo Dome, Tokyo's Jingu Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka and Hyogo Prefecture's Koshien Stadium, the home parks, respectively, of the Yomiuri Giants, Yakult Swallows, Orix Buffaloes and Hanshin Tigers.A total of 27 games are currently scheduled dur…READ FULL ARTICLE