[Transcription of this video] Title: MLB is back. What we know about the new rule and safety protocols. Yu Darvish: Hello. Welcome to my RU-vid. Today I am going to talk while taking a walk. My wife is walking ahead of me. [To his wife]I am not filming you. Don’t worry. [His wife and Yu chuckle] MLB is going to be back in play soon. We see an increase of infection of the coronavirus. I think many of the fans are wondering how we play baseball now. So I am going to talk about our new rules and precautions. All the players must report to the summer training on July 1st. Before that date, all the players must take a test to see if he is infected. If you are tested negative, you are allowed to join the camp. There is a new rule about arriving time at a stadium. Before the coronavirus, you can come to a stadium at any time you like for example at the noon, which means seven hours before the game starts. But now there is a new rule. You cannot be inside the stadium five hours prior to the game. High five and exchanging fist fight on the mound are strictly prohibited. And players who are not involved in a game any more are recommended to leave the stadium for example starting pitchers and injured players. This is common in Japanese baseball. In Japan, other starting pitchers are allowed to leave for home early during the game. Japanese people may think Americans are pragmatic, but on this particular topic, there are not. They think that even if you don’t pitch today, but you need to be here in the bench for other teammates. There are also some other new detailed rules, but I don’t remember all of them well. During this season, you cannot bring any family members to the stadium. If you are tested positive, you cannot join the team until you tested negative twice in a row. So what about starting pitchers who are not scheduled to pitch at a visitor stadium? They are discussing about that now. Do they usually travel with the team before pandemic? In America they do. In Japan, they don’t need to. In Japan, I actually did not travel with the team if I am not going to pitch. However, Roger Clemens sometimes did not travel with the team later his career. Other teammates did not like that. I’ve heard about that. A lot of players have a family, wife and kids, so they are worried about their safety, especially those who has a pregnant wife. Those players can choose to opt out this season, but they hesitate to do so because the fans are waiting for the ballgame. It’s hard to say I am out. Sorry. This cam is brand new, and it stops filming constantly. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s too hot here? I am going to stop it for now. I am back in my room. This is a Sony cam. I bought a cam handle stick too, which I think it’s useful. I am in Arizona now, and temperature is like 35 degrees C. My cam stops filming after 10 minutes or so because it’s too hot. Back to the main topic. So, you need to take a test once in every two days, and if you tested positive you are quarantined until you get two negative results in a row. It’s a nose and blood test. Media crew are not allowed to get inside the clubhouse. There should be a lot of new rules now. I think there are a lot of new changes this season. I heard a lot of NBA players decided not to play this season. But nobody in baseball decided that way. I guess baseball is kinda like old school way of thinking. If you choose not to play, some people may blame you behind your back. So some players may play reluctantly. Media is in trouble if there is not baseball because it’s nothing to cover for them. Media wants baseball. These days I guess MLB reporters almost stopped tweeting about pandemic because it may raise concerns about health problems and potentially it leads to a season cancelled. That’s what I am feeling about now. You don’t know what happens next. You don’t know who is going to get infected. Me. Anybody. It may be too late. You may be OK if you are younger than 70. I am really confused now. But my family and I are headed back to Chicago. In my opinion, I have a high probability to get infected. But in this situation I don’t have a choice but to play for the team and for the fans. My family and I have decided to play. It’s two-month season. I hope I can get through this season. I’ll do my best. This is a new cam, so I don’t know how I look like and how it sounds like. I gave it a try this time. If you like it I am going to take a selfie like this again during my trip to Chicago. I have a short arm, so I feel like my cam is really close to me. I am like 196 cm tall, so I have a relatively big head. Next time I will put my cam even farther. It’s been a while. Thank you for watching. See you next time.
