Pro baseball to restrict spectators

Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Atsushi Saito speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2020, on the body's decision to hold all 72 of its remaining preseason games behind closed doors due to the spread of a new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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