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Baseball returned, live from South Korea, with a socially distant first pitch and a bat flip

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South Korea's professional baseball league officially opened May 5, as the country saw the lowest daily jump of new coronavirus cases in nearly three months. (Video: AP)

Baseball returned, and it was, of course, different.

For one thing, it was taking place in South Korea in the wee hours of Tuesday morning in the United States. Because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, there were no fans in the stands as the Korea Baseball Organization season began, but there was coverage on ESPN for U.S. fans starved for live sports.