Posted on 04/28/2015 12:20:17 PM PDT by tcrlaf
The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox will play the finale of their three-game series Wednesday at Camden Yards in a game that will be closed to the public.
The revised plan was announced Tuesday after widespread public unrest in Baltimore forced a postponement of a White Sox-Orioles game for the second consecutive day.
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Insurrection has consequences, it seems.
How much is this going to cost the city? Millions?
WTF?
The scheduled weekend home series against Tampa, will instead be played IN TAMPA...
Insurrection has consequences, it seems.
How much is this going to cost the city? Millions?
The cost will be irreparable. Yet we will be fed milquetoast from the Baltimore Sun, WBAL TV/ Radio and other minor media outlets of how fast the city heals and get back on it’s feet.
Sorta defeats the purpose of playing the game, doesn’t it?
Then what’s the point of the game?
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Obama’s America! Never in my more than 80 years would I have imagined this.
Stats and broadcast revenues.
to make money showing it on TV.
The stadium might be empty in Tampa as well...
Yup, somewhere in the 7 figures. Possibly even low 8 figures.
Before the Nats showed up and the O’s were the only game in the area there were always pregame and post-game meals and activites (not just drinking) in the Inner Harbor.
Which is going to take a big hit regardless of where the games are played. Not sure how many families will be interested in going to the aquarium in the next few weeks.
Empty stands? That’s ridiculous.
They might allow season ticket holders and skybox owners attend too.
The big fears would be having rioters buy tickets and make it inside the ballpark. AND in having a massive crowd try to exit into a disturbance. Locking out just the “general public” mitigates both those risks while still salvaging some revenue.
#MillionsUpInSmoke
CNN:
Never before in the history of Major League Baseball has a game ever been played in a COMPLETELY EMPTY STADIUM...
"Johnny, maybe we oughta do one of those waves."
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