After most of the 2020 season was played in empty stadiums, Major League Baseball has begun welcoming back fans at a reduced capacity for Spring Training games.
Though there are only a few thousand fans around the various ballparks, players have already noticed a significant difference from last season when teams piped in artificial crowd noise and put cardboard cutouts in seats.
With the 2021 regular season now less than a month away, the league is in the process of working with state officials on a plan that would allow fans to return to their home ballpark as soon as Opening Day.