The J. League hit pause after one round. The B. League went dark with one-third of the season left. Japanese baseball hasn't even started.
Sports has been awash in postponements and cancellations in leagues around the world — the NBA got the ball rolling when it paused its season in March — since the coronavirus outbreak began to reach pandemic levels earlier this year.
Even among all that, Summer Koshien just hits differently.
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