How far we've fallen.....
Posted on 04/29/2015 4:20:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The players of the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox lined up for the national anthem this afternoon in front of an empty stadium, in unprecedented scenes never before witnessed in the history of baseball.
With the National Guard posted outside Camden Yards and thousands of Baltimore residents taking part in a march to city hall, the Orioles played the first ever MLB game behind closed doors.
The players took the field to an otherwise eerily silent stadium with 45,000 empty seats and the Orioles romped home to an 8-2 victory.
Sirens could be heard ringing outside during the game as a reminder the city is still reeling following Monday's tumultuous riots that hit after the funeral of Freddie Gray who died after suffering a fatal injury in police custody.
'Baseball history will be made here today,' said broadcaster Gary Thorne and the game began.
As the sound of ball on bat echoed around the stadium, a first-inning home run was met with only cheers from the Orioles dugout.
The game played out under a huge police presence outside and inside the stadium while fans tried to get a glimpse through iron fences around the ball park.
Indeed, all around the stadium concession stands where hordes of fans would usually line for hot dogs, peanuts and beer were closed, making the picturesque arena resemble a ghost town.
But the only thing missing on a perfect spring afternoon to take in the nation's favorite pastime were the fans.
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I’m glad they played and I hope Baltimore lost a mint today....hope they loose all those crackers bringing money into the city once and for all....but do I expect that?....no, because sadly whitey is a forgiving and forgetting type of wimp....
How far we've fallen.....
The Nats were out of town. I don’t know why they didn’t move it there.
Good ‘ole days of President Bush. Ironically, we didn’t have racial problems then.
I play senior softball 4 mornings a week with not one fan in attendance..........and I play for free.
Obama would call it the most transparent ball game in history./semisarc
Peter Angelos is still pissed off that Nats moved into his “territory”.
A Strat-O-matic fan....and you’re right.
would take baout 20 mintes to finish the game.
Good-bye Fonda Field.
Stole it. It’s on Facebook.
ahahah
No RAMDOM FOKS for MILES
If if looks like a kow tow...and smells like a kow tow...its a kow tow...and the THUGS now have a brand new sort of feather...in their hat./ scratch hats.....on their Hoodies
Very well said.
heck it was just ONE Riot...jethro...
Watching a city die...is a sad thing regardless of how degenerate it’s become
Hopefully no one gets injured for 15 games.
I am sure others can improve upon it. :-)
Yes, Three Little Pigskins. That was the short with a very young (and blonde) Lucille Ball.
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