Just because there will be no fans doesn't mean there won't be any noise.
With the Red Sox season-opener against the Orioles July 24, the team is using every one of these days to prepare for the new normal.
"We're also going to experiment some things with noise," said Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke when looking toward Friday's intrasquad game. "I don't exactly what it all is but they want to try some things I think maybe similar to what Taiwan is doing and what Korea is doing. So hopefully it won't be quite as quiet. It was quiet today. It was different, certainly. But I guess it's kind of like spring training when you play those intrasquad games before you play those 1 o'clock games and it was similar to that. But different. Everything is a little different. I didn't want to sit where I usually sit in the dugout because there were too many people there so I kind of moved to the side in a seat. I think we are just constantly adjusting to things and trying to figure it out."