by: Travis Meier, Matt Stewart, Nexstar Media Wire<\/p>\n
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) Baseball games in empty stadiums could soon be a thing of the past.<\/p>\n
Major League Baseball announced Monday that the season will start on time and a limited number of fans will be allowed in the stands for games starting at Spring Training.<\/p>\n
Anyone going to a game this upcoming season will not need a COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination or even a temperature check. However, they will have to sit at least six feet apart from others and wear masks unless eating ordrinking. There will also be a buffer zone around dugouts, meaning no fans in the first three rows unless a team puts up Plexiglas.<\/p>\n
Fans will also be allowed to watch as soon as Spring Training. <\/p>\n
Before Mondays decision, the MLB discussed shortening the season by eight games and delaying the start of the season by a month. They wanted to give the country more time to get more vaccine out there.<\/p>\n
However, the players union rejected the offer.<\/p>\n
Teams will play a full 162 game season and revert to the same rules as before the pandemic no expanded playoffs, no seven-inning doubleheaders, no starting extra innings with a runner at second base and no designated hitter in the National League.<\/p>\n
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