Japan baseball season starts Friday night without fans

That's so stupid.

I am sure that all those panels are fully recyclable. Ah no...

Restart of Japan's popular sports will distract Japanese public eyes from Japan's problematic Abe government with many scandal.

It is entirely possible that I will not be in attendance...but everyone please enjoy Yakyuu! (It resembles baseball...)

Those photo panels are not social distancing.

Let's home the "no spitting" continues into the future

The cardboard cut outs of each audience member would make more sense if cameras were attached at their respective "eye" levels and a private YouTube channel for the respective customer to watch on their TV at home from where they were sitting. Oh, and stadium-paid delivery drivers asking if the home-bound customer wants a drink or snack.

Let’s keep up morale, within Japan!! Ffs!

I liked the "fans" at that Korean game better.

One fan made an effort to write a sign in English, then the panel was printed backwards. Or is AMAHOKOY the name of a player?

Adults who need heroes always make me uncomfortable.

As I get older, the more this type of disregard for resources (paper, plastic or whatever) makes me feel sick to my stomach. It's up there with plastic bags for bananas.

Kids, of course get a pass.

Some of those rules...???

Wait a minute. No spitting? Baseball is not baseball without spitting!

I’d go if I had the money...feel 2d these days so...

And people complained about dolls? This is just plain creepy. Why do players need this at all? No one honestly believes this makes an audience.

What a colossal waste of paper and later no doubt a colossal amount of trash.

Was nice to watch meaningful games tonight.

Hopefully, fans will be back soon.

Interesting idea. And if there’s crowd background noise, like in the German soccer games as of late, this could give it a more realistic feel. In fact it will give it a more realistic deal, which was the whole point of doing this in the first place.

Baseball is my least favorite sport, I would prefer too see grass grow, than watch baseball

Well that's one way to get subscribers to continue paying their fees....

"Baseball is my least favorite sport, I would prefer too see grass grow, than watch baseball"

Then why did you click to read the story and take time to leave a comment?

Really? They filled up the stadium with cardboard?

Those photo panels are not social distancing.

Nor is it a very diverse 2d crowd.