It's just a game. Right?
Today the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox are going to play a game at Camden Yards. It will be played like every other game with each team getting 27 outs and with a National Anthem preceding the first pitch.
However, there is a twist.
Today, at Camden Yards, the home of the Orioles, the teams will not allow any public through the turn styles as the two teams will make up a game from earlier in the week.
This will be the first time in history that the public will not be allowed to attend an MLB game.
But why is that?
No public will be allowed in the game because of the recent protests turned riots and outrage that has come upon Baltimore in the aftermath of the Freddie Gray murder. The ruling for today's game came down after earlier this week fans were asked to stay inside Camden Yards as protests turned riots blocked the streets surrounding the Orioles park.
A life is more valuable than a game, right? So why even play the game at all?
Back in 2001, after September 11, Bug Selig, then commissioner of the MLB put a moratorium on sporting events for an entire week after the Twin Towers were hit by a pair of airplanes in what was the biggest terrorist act on American soil.
While Gray's murder is obviously not to scale of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, it is part of a larger issue, baseball, and in general sports merging with every day life.
When baseball came back on September 18, 2001, fans around the league rejoiced. But it also offered a time to take your mind off of what terrible acts had occurred a week earlier. Baseball helped sooth the soul for many, and me in particular.
So why can't, or why shouldn't the owners take the same approach here? It's just a game, right? Baseball is a game that people enjoy and attend to take their minds off of everyday life and work. Maybe a game is just what Baltimore needs.
In my opinion I believe having a baseball game right now would help the city, but that won't be the case today and going forward this weekend as the Orioles are going to play "home games" in Tampa this weekend against the Tampa Bay Rays.
I would like to see justice served for the Gray case as soon as possible, and for baseball to get back to Baltimore. For the fans, for the families and for the people that need baseball to help sooth their souls. I know it would help sooth mine.
That is all for Last Resort Sports today, but I would like to know your opinion on the subject, so please leave a comment below!
Today the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox are going to play a game at Camden Yards. It will be played like every other game with each team getting 27 outs and with a National Anthem preceding the first pitch.
However, there is a twist.
Today, at Camden Yards, the home of the Orioles, the teams will not allow any public through the turn styles as the two teams will make up a game from earlier in the week.
This will be the first time in history that the public will not be allowed to attend an MLB game.
But why is that?
No public will be allowed in the game because of the recent protests turned riots and outrage that has come upon Baltimore in the aftermath of the Freddie Gray murder. The ruling for today's game came down after earlier this week fans were asked to stay inside Camden Yards as protests turned riots blocked the streets surrounding the Orioles park.
A life is more valuable than a game, right? So why even play the game at all?
Back in 2001, after September 11, Bug Selig, then commissioner of the MLB put a moratorium on sporting events for an entire week after the Twin Towers were hit by a pair of airplanes in what was the biggest terrorist act on American soil.
While Gray's murder is obviously not to scale of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, it is part of a larger issue, baseball, and in general sports merging with every day life.
When baseball came back on September 18, 2001, fans around the league rejoiced. But it also offered a time to take your mind off of what terrible acts had occurred a week earlier. Baseball helped sooth the soul for many, and me in particular.
So why can't, or why shouldn't the owners take the same approach here? It's just a game, right? Baseball is a game that people enjoy and attend to take their minds off of everyday life and work. Maybe a game is just what Baltimore needs.
In my opinion I believe having a baseball game right now would help the city, but that won't be the case today and going forward this weekend as the Orioles are going to play "home games" in Tampa this weekend against the Tampa Bay Rays.
I would like to see justice served for the Gray case as soon as possible, and for baseball to get back to Baltimore. For the fans, for the families and for the people that need baseball to help sooth their souls. I know it would help sooth mine.
That is all for Last Resort Sports today, but I would like to know your opinion on the subject, so please leave a comment below!
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