With the coronavirus pandemic interrupting professional baseball in Japan, the United States and elsewhere around the world, some diehard fans of the sport are getting their fix from an unlikely source.

Thanks to successful local efforts to combat the spread of the pneumonia-causing virus, Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League was able to make a late start to its season in April and has since attracted an unusual amount of attention from abroad.

Initially playing to empty stadiums, the four-team league has been allowing a limited number of fans to attend games since May 8.