The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox played a game in an empty Camden Yards for zero fans due to security concerns amidst protests and civil unrest in Baltimore.
This is what the Orioles-White Sox game with zero attendance looked like
An MLB game with no fans is a strange, strange experience.
Despite the lack of fans, the team still opted to go through with the general stadium fanfare. They played songs:
Players ✔ Music ✔ Scoreboard ✔ Media ✔ Fans ❎ pic.twitter.com/nueK6Odagt
— Brody Logan (@BrodyLogan) April 29, 2015 The scoreboard was on, and they played the national anthem:
National anthem. pic.twitter.com/I1IQ4xS0Uy
— Clinton Yates (@clintonyates) April 29, 2015 Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph had fun with the strange atmosphere, pretending to sign autographs and receive applause from nonexistent fans:
There was a ball girl protecting no fans from balls, and handing them to the kids who weren’t in the stands:
THERES A BALL GIRL pic.twitter.com/NpDZN75tJZ
— Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) April 29, 2015 This guy went around picking up all the loose foul balls that no fans claimed:
There is a lone stadium employee (upper right) walking around picking up foul balls that landed in the stands. pic.twitter.com/ekNallN2CY
— Brian Costa (@BrianCostaWSJ) April 29, 2015 Here’s Chris Davis jacking a dinger with absolutely no fans to react:
Innings later, the ball was still just sitting there, unclaimed:
Yup, @masnRoch, @CrushD19's 3-run homer landed on Eutaw St. And there it remains. #IBackTheBirds pic.twitter.com/MaSEbxx9xa
— Orioles on MASN (@masnOrioles) April 29, 2015 Davis also realized he could chuck a ball as far as he could into the crowd with no consequences, without needing to make sure fans were paying attention:
The game is on TV, and announcers pretended they were calling golf:
The sound of a ball popping into a glove echoed throughout the ballpark, like a backyard game of catch:
Some fans gathered outside the walls of Camden Yards:
And for the first time ever, a team had to do this:
Should be an easy winner for today's @Orioles guess the attendance game. pic.twitter.com/AvlCGJAA51
— Dan Gelston (@APgelston) April 29, 2015 "Attention media. For record keeping purposes, today's paid attendance is zero."
— Daryl Van Schouwen (@CST_soxvan) April 29, 2015 With no fans, the game got over in just two hours, an easy Baltimore win:
Game is over in 2:03. Wow. Orioles win 8-2.
— Brittany Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) April 29, 2015 ★★★
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