OT: Major League History will be Made Tomorrow

[Orioles1954]

Tomorrow, major league, and perhaps professional sports history will be made. The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox will play in a game that is 100% closed to the public. No concessions, no 7th inning stretch, no PA announcer (as of yet) or walk-up music. Only the press box, scoreboard operators, radio/tv and the singer for the national anthem will be in attendance. The game was moved to 2:05 PM to abide by city curfew mandates due to civil unrest. The television footage will definitely be interesting and eerie.

[Brian Van Horn]

This quixotic thing about this is that it could be a huge broadcast in the face of such tragedy.

[Comiskey]

They ought to make it a kids only event or something like that to make it fun, maybe schools, children hospital etc.

Jeff

[ullmandds]

id imagine this will be a quick game!

[clydepepper]

The Falcons could pipe in some crowd noise for them.

[z28jd]

I was thinking this game would set the record for lowest attendance, but MLB attendance is based on tickets sold, not how many people show up. If I had a ticket for the game, I'd keep it for the historic value.

I also believe you will see people in the seats, family of the players, scouts and some front office types.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It may be a first, but it won't be a far cry from some Senators games in RFK that I attended in my youth.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by Comiskey

They ought to make it a kids only event or something like that to make it fun, maybe schools, children hospital etc.

Jeff

Sorry Jeff, sad, but it is the teenage kids destroying the city.

Joe

[Comiskey]

It would be the perfect opportunity for a make a wish for children in need, I iust see it as an opportunity to for the game of baseball to help the young kids, not the teenagers who are causing the problems.

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by Comiskey

It would be the perfect opportunity for a make a wish for children in need, I iust see it as an opportunity to for the game of baseball to help the young kids, not the teenagers who are causing the problems.

I think you're right. However, it is a volatile situation that is very very close to the ballpark. Additionally, all Maryland schools have suspended field trips into Baltimore for the next couple of weeks.

[brewing]

I'll be watching on mlb.tv

[lug-nut]

wow, i'm hoping when the angels get to baltimore in two weeks the rioting will be completed, i'll be in va for training and would like to say i saw my home team play in another state before i saw them at home

(actually i wouldnt mind if the rioting stopped today)

[DHogan]

That attendance record will beat this one for sure. http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2015/04/25...ntent=20150426

[FourStrikes]

today, that's a entourage!!!

[slidekellyslide]

Isn't zero the average attendance for a Marlins home game?

[WillBBC]

They will be logging the attendance officially as N/A in the record books.

[packs]

Serious question: if you're insinuating you brought a gun to a baseball game, why?

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by WillBBC

They will be logging the attendance officially as N/A in the record books.

That's interesting to note. Teams go by sold tickets, so literally no one who bought a ticket could show up and it wouldn't be any different than if 100% showed up. Since tickets were sold for the game and it is an official game, there should be an attendance. They also use the N/A for the second games of standard(not day/night) doubleheaders, since all the attendance counts towards one game.

[mybuddyinc]

Originally Posted by DHogan

That attendance record will beat this one for sure. http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2015/04/25...ntent=20150426

I clearly remember that season for the A's. Growing up, the early 70's A's were my favorite team, and just stuck with them.

1979, freshman year in college. The first baseman mentioned in article was Dave Revering. He would routinely count and personally report attendance. If the official attendance was stated at 3000, he would say he only counted 600.

Also had an article taped to my dorm room wall saying: "Finley to sell A's for 6 million."

Sad day for Baltimore; sadder day for Baseball.

[slidekellyslide]

True story...I was at a Lincoln Saltdogs baseball game about 4 or 5 years ago...they have berm seating where you just sit in the grass and the guy in front of me had a gun down the back of his pants. I could have just grabbed it right out if I wanted to...or any kid could have done the same thing. After noticing this I took my family to the upper deck seats.

[lancemountain]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

Tomorrow, major league, and perhaps professional sports history will be made............ will play in a game that is 100% closed to the public.

Unfortunately this has happened in european soccer, or "football" if you will.

If a club's supporters display obscene racism or hooliganism then the penalty is often playing home matches "behind closed doors"

For the USA, perhaps a first- but this has happened many a time over in Europe

[brookdodger55]

This could be an opportunity for the players to play for the love of the game not for the fans, Would be interesting to see how much No fans verse fans has an impact on this game. Maybe a minor star or rookie has a breakout game
without the pressure of the fans and media. Would love to experience watching from TV a game with no fans.

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by brookdodger55

This could be an opportunity for the players to play for the love of the game not for the fans, Would be interesting to see how much No fans verse fans has an impact on this game. Maybe a minor star or rookie has a breakout game
without the pressure of the fans and media. Would love to experience watching from TV a game with no fans.

Have you ever been at an empty stadium? They will be able to hear the play-by-play from the broadcast booths and anyone there talking. There might be more pressure as they will be able to hear everything being said instead of just crowd noise

[packs]

This game would be a good lesson to super star players who think they're above everything. See how lonely it is to be playing for no one. Now imagine if everyone decided they'd had enough of your crap and really stopped coming. You get pretty small pretty quick.

[Bpm0014]

I was at the game Saturday night with about 10 people just as it started to get bad. A friend and I walked into the middle of the riots (while the other 8 stayed back). It was a little scary walking into the middle of it, but we had.....ummm....protection with us. I have some interesting pictures to say the least. The media chose not to show how bad it really was for some people (i.e. whites) who were going to the game in pairs or with their wife/girlfriend. There was even a rumor at one time that we were going to have to stay in the park all night and maybe even sleep there if it got really bad outside. An interesting night to say the least!