Baltimore Riots Force MLB to Hold First Spectator-Free Game

‘The league’s official historian says today’s game will set the record for lowest attendance’

REID: “This is an unprecedented move by Major League. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says it’s in the best interest of the fans. But it’s going to make for a very eerie scene inside this ballpark later today. The league’s official historian says today is game will set the record for lowest attendance in history, breaking the previous record of six set back in 1882. But the game will be broadcast on TV and radio. An average Baltimore game fills 34,000 seats. But today they will be empty aside from a few members of the press and maintenance staff. Because of the potential for unrest in Baltimore, the Orioles’ three-game series this weekend with the Tampa Bay Rays will be moved to Florida, where 900 miles from home, Baltimore will officially be the home team. So if are you a Baltimore Orioles’ fan, and you want to root, root, root, for the home team, you going to have to do it in front of the TV.”
 

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