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Cardboard cutouts of baseball fans fill seats at MLB games

By Associated Press

July 28, 2020

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Cardboard cutouts of fans sit in seats at Oracle Park before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 28.
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Cutouts of Seattle Mariners fans look out from seats behind home plate at the team's ballpark as part of the "Mariners Seat Fleet" in place of real fans, Monday, July 27, ahead of the home opener in Seattle. The Mariners open play at home against the Oakland Athletics Friday, July 31. For $30, fans can buy a version of themself that will sit in at all home games. A portion of every purchase will be donated to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-related relief efforts. If a cutout "catches" a foul ball during a game, the team will mail the fan the baseball.
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A sign posted over telephones in the Seattle Mariners dugout advise that they must be disinfected after each use in an effort to help prevent spread of the coronavirus, Monday, July 27, in Seattle. The Mariners open play at home against the Oakland Athletics Friday, July 31.
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Signs posted on benches in the Seattle Mariners dugout show allowed seating at some distance apart in an effort to help prevent spread of the coronavirus, Monday, July 27, in Seattle. The Mariners open play at home against the Oakland Athletics Friday, July 31.
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A Seattle Mariners worker places a fan cutout in a seat at the team's ballpark as part of the "Mariners Seat Fleet" in place of real fans, Monday, July 27, in Seattle. The Mariners open play at home against the Oakland Athletics on Friday.
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Seattle Mariners worker Emily Wright carries cutouts of fans to place in seats at the team's ballpark as part of the "Mariners Seat Fleet" in place of real fans, Monday, July 27, in Seattle. The Mariners open play at home against the Oakland Athletics on Friday. For $30, fans can buy a version of themselves that will sit in at all home games. A portion of every purchase will be donated to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-19-related relief efforts. If a cutout "catches" a foul ball during a game, the team will mail the fan the baseball.
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Cutouts of Seattle Mariners sits in seats at the team's ballpark as part of the "Mariners Seat Fleet," Monday, July 27, in Seattle. The Mariners open play at home against the Oakland Athletics on Friday. For $30, fans can buy a version of themselves that will sit in at all home games. A portion of every purchase will be donated to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-19-related relief efforts. If a cutout "catches" a foul ball during a game, the team will mail the fan the baseball.
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Seattle Mariners worker Emily Wright gives a thumbs-up to signal to another that she's found a particular fan cutout to place in a seat at the team's ballpark as part of the "Mariners Seat Fleet," Monday, July 27, in Seattle. The Mariners open play at home against the Oakland Athletics on Friday. For $30, fans can buy a version of themselves that will sit in at all home games. A portion of every purchase will be donated to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-19-related relief efforts. If a cutout "catches" a foul ball during a game, the team will mail the fan the baseball.
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Cutouts of Seattle Mariners fans look out from seats behind home plate at the team's ballpark as part of the "Mariners Seat Fleet" in place of real fans, Monday, July 27, ahead of the home opener in Seattle. The Mariners open play at home against the Oakland Athletics Friday, July 31. For $30, fans can buy a version of themself that will sit in at all home games. A portion of every purchase will be donated to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-related relief efforts. If a cutout "catches" a foul ball during a game, the team will mail the fan the baseball.
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Seattle Mariners worker Lindsay Garza carries cutouts of fans to place in seats at the team's ballpark as part of the "Mariners Seat Fleet", Monday, July 27, in Seattle. The Mariners open play at home against the Oakland Athletics on Friday. For $30, fans can buy a version of themselves that will sit in at all home games. A portion of every purchase will be donated to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-19-related relief efforts. If a cutout "catches" a foul ball during a game, the team will mail the fan the baseball.
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In this photo made Thursday, July 23, cutouts of, from front left, Adrian Beltre, former first Lady Laura Bush and former President George W. Bush and Ivan Rodriguez sit in a suite at the Texas Rangers baseball stadium Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The Texas Rangers' new stadium isn't retro and designers wanted the first next-generation ballpark.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Corey Seager prepares for his at-bat as cutouts of fans sit in seats during the third inning of the Dodgers' baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, July 26, in Los Angeles.
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An operator adjusts a camera in a section filled with cutouts of fans during a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, July 26, in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts watches from the dugout as cutouts sit in the seats during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, July 26, in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles Dodgers special assistant Jose Vizcaino stands on the field during practice as cutouts occupy some of the stadium seats before the team's baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, July 26, in Los Angeles.
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The Phillie Phanatic tries to get the cutouts of fans in the seats to clap with no luck during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sunday, July 26, in Philadelphia. The Marlins won 11-6.
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Cutouts of New York Mets players dogs are seen in the stands during a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, July 25, in New York.
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New York Mets employees place cutouts of fans in the seats before the opening day baseball game between the Mets and the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field, Friday, July 24, in New York.
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A staff member of the New York Mets looks at cutouts of fans before the Opening Day baseball game between the Mets and the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field, Friday, July 24, in New York.
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The lower level seats at Globe Life Field are filled with cardboard cutouts depicting fans, dubbed "DoppleRangers," as Colorado Rockies pitcher German Marquez delivers to Texas Rangers' Joey Gallo during the sixth inning of an opening day baseball game Friday, July 24, in Arlington, Texas.
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Houston Astros mascot Orbit stands among cutouts of fans in the outfield during the seventh inning stretch of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners Friday, July 24, in Houston.
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