Posted on 04/28/2015 10:30:46 PM PDT by doug from upland
RUSSELL BERMAN APR 28, 2015 When the Baltimore Orioles host the Chicago White Sox at Camden Yards on Wednesday, it won't really feel like a baseball game. There will be no cheering, and no booing. Nor will there be heckling, hot dogs, or beer. There will be no fans in the stadium at all, in fact. After riots in the city forced the postponement of games for two straight days, Major League Baseball announced that the Orioles will play on Wednesday, but the game will be closed to the public.
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For a sport that takes significant pride in its history, this may be a particularly sad first: An MLB official told me that after conferring with a historian and several longtime veterans of the game, the league was unaware of any prior examples in which fans have been deliberately barred from attending a game. Those with tickets to the game (or either of the ones postponed) can exchange them for a game later in the season, and they'll still be able to watch Wednesday's contest on TV. The league is also moving the Orioles' next three games to Tampa, where they'll be the "home team" against the Rays at Tropicana Fielda move typically made during emergencies caused by natural disasters, not civil unrest. When rioting erupted in Los Angeles following the Rodney King verdict in 1992, the Dodgers postponed four games until later in the season. More recently, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, forced Major League Baseball to cancel games for a week across the country.
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I agree. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to fix as much as we can, even if it’ll take a lifetime or two.
Yeah, we can only give it our best shot.
Or maybe the new commish could move the game to Chicago's South Side where there is none of this violence and looting to interfere with the game. < /double sarc >
So all the “people of color” vendors won’t be able to sell their wares. Suck it up!
Have not watched a game or read about a game since then.
The owner and MLB should hold the city accountable.
“Theyre welcome to come to Pittsburgh to play.”
That works. However, if you wanted to see riots in Pittsburgh, propose the same thing to the Baltimoron NFL team. :-)
Maybe it’s like the “tree falling in the woods but nobody is there hear it” thing.
Jackie Robinson could not be reached for comment.
Charlotte has NBA and NFL franchises but no major league baseball franchise. There are alternatives to Baltimore.
I predict a lot of emptiness there for a long, long, time.
What a sad day for major league baseball. Maybe its time for the Orioles to get out of the ghetto.
I read Heinlein’s “I will Fear No Evil” back in the early 70s when it came out. What struck me about it besides the ultimate main theme was the society in which the characters lived.
Fortified domiciles, traveling from place to place in armored cars (with armed body guards for those who could afford them). Generally, an official control of the rabble was virtually nonexistent.
We are seeing this come to pass IMO.
The game will have the ambiance of a Champions League game in Moscow, where the home fans have been banned for racist chants.
and another bonus will be that these sport millionaires will really get to see how boring their sport is without thousands there to cheer them on...
game is today
That is Sao Paulo. The very wealthy get to work via helicopter to avoid gridlock and for safety.
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