22/06/2020 1 Minute Read

Biggest league in Japan NPB wants to open doors to fans by 10 July

Commissioner Atsushi Saito spoke to the press after a recent online meeting with the 12 NPB clubs.

17/06/2020 1 Minute Read

Win, Lose or Draw: NPB games to end after 10 innings. Season will be 120 games

Among other changes, the NPB regular season will consist of 120 games, instead of the usual 143, and the Pacific and the Central Leagues will stage different postseason formats.

10/06/2020 1 Minute Read

NPB reveals coronavirus testing plan for players, coaches

Nippon Professional Baseball will conduct polymerase chain reaction tests before the season for players, coaches and umpires. Players and coaches will go through swab-saliva testing once a month after 19 June.

08/06/2020 1 Minute Read

CPBL welcomes all fans to stadiums, removes 2000 maximum limit as Taiwan hits another milestone

The league became the first pro organization to open its season in April, and followed the breakthrough with allowing 1,000 fans on 8 May and up to 2,000 on 15 May.

29/05/2020 1 Minute Read

Fans' cheers from home to deliver buzz in empty NPB stadiums

With no fans currently allowed in the stadium, a major tech company has developed an app to allow fans to cheer remotely for their favourite NPB teams. The league targets 5,000 fans by 10 July and venues at half capacity by 1 August.

25/05/2020 1 Minute Read

Japan's NPB to open season on 19 June, stadiums will be closed to the public

The decision came after a virtual meeting between NPB Commissioner Atsushi Saito and representatives of the 12 teams

14/05/2020 1 Minute Read

CPBL to allow 2,000 fans per game, open concession stands

Taiwan's professional baseball league -- the first in the world to begin its 2020 season -- will double the current 1,000-fan limit beginning on Friday, 15 May.

11/05/2020 1 Minute Read

NPB cancels All Star Game, aims at starting season in second half of June

Following a meeting with the 12 clubs, Commissioner Atsushi Saito spoke to the press: " We will carefully assess the situation, carefully make preparations to try to open the season somewhere between the middle and end of next month."

09/05/2020 2 Minute Read

Taiwan's CPBL opens stadiums to fans, games sold out as another milestone is passed

"There was definitely something missing in our lives when we were only able to watch the games on TV during the past month," one fan who attended the game said.

07/05/2020 1 Minute Read

CPBL to admit 1,000 fans to games starting Friday, 8 May

Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) approved a proposal by the league. Fubon Guardians-UniPresident 7-Eleven Lions and CTBC Brothers-Rakuten Monkeys are the scheduled games.