And huige swaths of the city have become killing gournds:
Posted on 04/30/2015 6:08:21 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Baseball in Baltimogadishu
Today's game in an empty stadium:
Amid civil unrest in Baltimore, Wednesday’s game between the White Sox and Orioles at Camden Yards has been moved to a 1:05 p.m. CT/2:05 p.m. ET start and will be closed to the public, the Orioles announced Tuesday. The game had been scheduled for Wednesday night.
This after two straight days of cancelled games and the organization locking 15,000 fans inside on Saturday night as riots spiraled outside.
On the bright side, the Sox play in front of crowds about as big as today's scheduled attendance - it'll be like having a home field advantage.
And huige swaths of the city have become killing gournds:
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Race Riots in Baltimogadishu
As the “great American city” of Baltimore goes down in flames, it is important to point out that what is happening in Baltimogadishu is not simply rioting and looting, it is also a full blown race riot.
Note: See the Youtube videos at the bottom of this post for documented racial attacks.
This race riot is a one-way battle being waged by black Americans against unsuspecting white Americans, who I suspect are of the liberal “progressive” persuasion, which is typical of white urbanites.
http://www.heresyblog.net/2015/04/race-riots-in-baltimogadishu.html
'Course, I can understand why they had to resort to this drastic action. All the employees of the concession stands had a previous engagement. The riots.
They could have offered free admission to active-duty military and to veterans. It was a day game so some police could have been spared to make sure of security near the stadium.
True. But who would’ve manned and womanned the concession stands, the parking lots and the ticket booths?
Baltimore 1968 riots.
No difference from today
BALTIMORONS.....................
I guess the charm is quickly wearing off “Charm City”. This demonstrates the power of LIBeralism...(Note to all not insane: Cancel vacay to Baltimore).
LOL. Good one. The bitter Baltimorons need to Battlemore.
I prefer “Baltimordor”.
OK, how widespread is the rioting? really?
I’ve noticed in prior riots elsewhere that while things look really bad, that’s mostly because reporters frame what there is to look as big & bad as possible. Ferguson? about 5 blocks. Baltimore? way less than prior major rioting. Numerous “giant” demonstrations in DC? low camera angles make 100 people look like 100,000.
For all the rhetoric, worth taking a moment to discern how big an issue it really is.
“BLAKE: I’ve made it very clear that I, um, work with the police and instructed them to do everything that they could to make sure that the protesters were able to exercise their, uh, right to free speech. It’s a very delicate balancing act because while we, uh, try to make that they were protected from the cars and the other, y’know, things that were going on. We also gave those who wished to destroy, space to do that as well.”
April 2015
Baltimore Chaos Impacts Events
BALTIMORE
With widespread rioting in Baltimore creating chaos, a city curfew in place and a state of emergency declared by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, the events industry currently appears to be deeply impacted as well.
“Visit Baltimore has been notified that the Door and Hardware Institute has cancelled its CoNEXTions 2015 convention scheduled to be held at the Baltimore Convention Center from April 29 to May 1,” said Tom Noonan, president and CEO of Visit Baltimore. “The group was scheduled to bring in excess of 2,000 attendees to the city utilizing approximately 2,500 room nights. Visit Baltimore and City Officials have been working with the organization’s leadership over the past several days to provide them with information and support as they discussed their options. At the end of the day, they felt that the current situation left them no alternative.
“Additionally we have been notified that the American Heart Association has cancelled their in-hotel meeting that was scheduled to be held in Baltimore this week,” Noonan’s statement continued. “We’re continuing to serve as a resource for other groups that are planning meetings in the city over the next 30 to 60 days.”
In additional event news in the city:
Online reports indicated the Hilton Baltimore had been hit with some event cancellations, including an annual citywide function, though the hotel and its surrounding realms have remained untouched by the violence for the most part.
The Orioles’ game versus the Chicago White Sox slate for 7 p.m. Tuesday has been postponed, the team officially announced, a decision reportedly reached after speaking with Major League Baseball, state and local officials, according to the Orioles. This followed the earlier postponement of the teams’ Monday game.
The Baltimore Ravens called off their Thursday Draft Party at M&T Bank Stadium, a decision the team said was out of respect to the current curfew (The NFL begins its yearly draft in Chicago on Thursday).
Johns Hopkins University canceled all classes Tuesday and Tuesday night in Baltimore, according to the school’s Twitter account.
The rioting and widespread chaos kicked off with protesting that began as a response to the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in police custody two weeks ago.
Meetings Focus will provide updates as the situation evolves.
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The curfew and fears of more violence are taking its toll on businesses across the region.
Meghan McCorkell has the economic impact we’re already seeing.
With that 10 p.m. curfew, bars and restaurants are being forced to close down early as many tourists cancel their trips to Baltimore.
Boards cover the windows at Bartender’s Pub in southeast Baltimore as a precaution.
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/04/29/curfew-is-affecting-baltimore-businesses/
We had a green zone where all the worst violence took place in “The Mog”. Patrolled it all the time. There and “The Stadium” (an old soccer stadium) was where the majority of the firefights took place when I was there. So I guess the inner harbor is the green zone and Camden Yards is “The Stadium”. Throw in some technicals and it will be “The Mog”!!
Do you suppose the hoodrats in Baltimordor have the gumption to build technicals? I have my doubts ...
In 1962 my ship was in drydock several months for upgrades at the Bethlehem Steel shipyard in Baltimore, just a short distance from what is now the yuppified Inner Harbor. Some of went over to visit the U.S.S. Constellation, a Revolutionary War frigate which had not yet had restoration started. I've wanted to go for another visit to see how it turned out; guess that goes on hold now.
http://www.historicships.org/constellation.html
Just to let you know, they did do a very nice job with the Constellation. One little note, this is not actually the original frigate U.S.S. Constellation (as in one of the original six frigates fame) as was previously thought way back in the day. This was the second one to hold the name U.S.S Constellation which did do some slave patrolling and captured slaver ships. You can get a pass to visit either just the Constellation or to visit all three nautical museums (Constellation, a sub and the museum).
But yeah, I think you might want to hold off on that Baltimore trip for a while. You’ll have to drink your Natty Boes long distance now instead of at the Inner Harbor.
Just read what was on the link I posted and offering corrections: the Constellation in Baltimore was NOT a Revolutionary War vessel; it was the last all-sail frigate built for the U.S. Navy, in 1855. The prior Constellation was a sloop-of-war; the subsequent one was a carrier.
Sorry for the bad memory.
Thanks. See my update and correction.
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