What’s that noise you hear at Marlins Park as Pablo Lopez winds up for a pitch, as Miguel Rojas snatches a line drive for a big out, as Corey Dickerson blasts a ball into the gap in left-center field for a double?

Is that … cheering? From an empty stadium?

Yes, those are real fan voices you hear in the background even though the seats are empty, the concourse isn’t buzzing with people in line to buy overpriced beer, hot dogs, peanuts or Cracker Jacks.

Major League Baseball is following in the footsteps of a pair of European soccer leagues as they get set to begin their season amid the coronavirus pandemic. With no fans allowed in the ballparks at least to start this condensed, 60-game season, MLB is allowing teams to pump in crowd noise into their stadiums to at least mimic the sound of a packed stadium for the season.