So, This Is What It’s Like to Play for the Marlins

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↵With the horrible flooding going on in Heaven Iowa, the entire city of Des Moines was ordered to be evacuated over the weekend. It was mandatory for everyone except the Iowa Cubs and Nashville Sounds, who played a ballgame in front of exactly nobody:↵↵⇥The baseball game — won by Iowa 5-4 — had an official attendance of zero.↵⇥↵⇥Two scouts watched from behind home plate. Cubs front office employees retrieved foul balls. There was no public address announcer or introduction music for each batter. The large video scoreboard in the outfield was turned off, and a handheld scoreboard was used instead.↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥The crack of the bat provided most of the noise, although players and umpires could be heard clearly, too.↵⇥

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↵According to the Des Moines Register, this is only the second time a game has officially had an attendance of zero. In ’02, the Charleston (S.C.) Riverdogs held possibly the dumbest minor league promotion ever: Nobody Night. The fans weren’t allowed into the stadium until the fifth inning, when the game’s attendance was officially in the books. Because we all know that the best way to get people in the seats is to deny them entry into the stadium.
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↵(H/T: Busted Coverage)↵