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Derrick Hall: “It’s not just about this year.”

How much of a difference will having fans make?

It obviously makes a big difference, when it comes to fans in the stands. I think we’ve already seen that in spring training. Just a different feel in that ballpark. We’re used to having 14-15,000 at Salt River Fields; even having 2,200 certainly helps. Last year, we had the canned-in noise and crowd applause; it was a little different and sterile, it wasn’t the same. But we’ll see. We’ve been told at this point we can have appropriate distancing, which ends up at about 25% for us.