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South Korean Baseball League Season to Start May 5 Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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After weeks of exhibitions and practice, the Korean Baseball Organization is ready to open its season without any fans in stadiums.

The league officially announced it will begin play on May 5 after delaying the original March 28 start due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Highlights of players wearing masks and hitting home runs into stands filled with cardboard cutouts have been popping up across social media over the last two weeks as the league began adjusting to a new normal. That trial run has given way to full league play.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.