Orioles vs. White Sox
The Orioles face the White Sox in a history-making, closed to the public game at 2:05 p.m. at Camden Yards.
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It'll be so quiet inside Oriole Park, players will have to keep their 'mouths shut'
"I think a lot of the guys on the bench, like myself, I'm going to have to keep my mouth shut a little bit more, so I don't get tossed,'' Hardy said, "because now the umpires are going to be able to hear everything you're saying, where before you could say a lot of stuff and they wouldn't hear it." -- J.J. Hardy -
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Today’s game will be the first game in major league history to be played without a paying crowd.
So what was the lowest attended game before today?
It was a game between the Troy (N.Y.) Trojans and the Worcester (Mass.) Ruby Legs on Sept.28, 1882, when six fans attended the game at the Worcester Driving Park Grounds.
So why was the attendance to that game, which was won by Troy 4-1, so small? Here’s the way MLB's historian John Thorn explains it.
Both teams were National League franchises and both had been recently informed that their franchises weren’t being renewed for the 1883 season. The NL was looking to get bigger and both teams would be replaced by teams awarded to larger markets.
Neither team was very good on the field. In the eight-team NL standings, Troy (35-48) and Worcester (18-66) finished seventh and eighth, respectively. In fact, Troy finished the season 37 games back of the first-place Chicago White Stockings.
How bad was the Worcester team? According to Baseball Reference, the team went through three managers over the course of an 84-game season.
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Less than an hr before today's sked 1st pitch & Camden Yards seating bowl is empty. #Orioles #WhiteSox #Baltimore http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDxpvC3WMAEd_Xw.jpg
by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 4/29/2015 6:00:05 PM -
Umps and Buck at home plate. And no fans. As you've probably heard. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDxyLPsW0AAC8GY.jpg
by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:00:26 PM -
Here's the concourse 90 minutes before game time. It's ummm empty. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDxcs_MUIAA0qCj.jpg
by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:00:29 PM -
Os will allow families to fly to Tampa with team this weekend. Team will fly back Sunday and team will train to New York Monday.by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:00:35 PM
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Buck: "Every city's got their challenges. .. We have a chance for this city to be better than before."by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:00:39 PM
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Buck on the silence allowing voices to carry: "you've all got to be careful about the sweet nothings you throw out there to the umpires. "by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:00:41 PM
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Buck on making history today: "I'd rather not be doing it -- for the right reasons."by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:00:43 PM
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by Rachel Cieri via twitter 4/29/2015 6:02:07 PM -
No fans outside or inside. We just had the longest ump meeting of all time.by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:02:12 PM
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Fans watching today's closed #Orioles game from the fourth floor of the Hilton. Media up here too. #Baltimore http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDxy1COW0AE9A2L.jpg
by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 4/29/2015 6:02:45 PM -
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"Stay strong, Baltimore. Stay safe. Continue to be the great city I've known & loved the 8 yrs I've been here" -Adam http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDxRQwlW0AAcKY0.jpg
by Baltimore Orioles via twitter 4/29/2015 6:03:28 PM -
Two scouts in the seating bowl http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDxzYCpWEAAotGz.jpg
by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:05:13 PM -
National Anthem time at Oriole Park. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDxzeXmXIAEYFUP.jpg
by Peter Schmuck via twitter 4/29/2015 6:05:36 PM -
Cant tell ya last time I heard a National Anthem in Baltimore without hearing an O.by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:06:05 PM
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First pitch. 206. 73 degrees. 3 scouts now. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDxz0m9WEAATF59.jpg
by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:07:09 PM -
There are some people outside the monuments area behind LCF gate that cheered when Ubaldo recorded the strikeout. Good eyes.by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:08:21 PM
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Ubaldo Jimenez on the mound and we're underway in #Birdland. You can view the first inning here: atmlb.com/1JBg6IRby Baltimore Orioles via twitter 4/29/2015 6:08:21 PM
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First pitch at OPACY. You can def. hear the catcher's mitt pop. #nofans #orioles http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDx0K6oWAAAxyka.jpg
by Chris Kaltenbach via twitter 4/29/2015 6:08:37 PM -
Small group of fans watching through fence on Camden Street cheer as Ubaldo Jimenez strikes out first batter of game.by Peter Schmuck via twitter 4/29/2015 6:08:51 PM
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The National Anthem at today's game. #ChiSoxGameDay http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDx0eZgWAAElXQ6.jpg
by Chicago White Sox via twitter 4/29/2015 6:10:04 PM -
People on the deck outside the Hilton exercise room in LCF have gathered and are cheering. We thinkby Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:10:07 PM
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A few dozen people are viewing the game from various spots in the Hilton Hotel. Not exactly Wrigleyville.by Peter Schmuck via twitter 4/29/2015 6:10:13 PM
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There was a foul ball. no one got it. Ubaldo up 3, down 3. You'll have to trust me.by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:10:46 PM
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I can actually hear Gary Thorne in the broadcast booth upstairs. He's not bad. Also hear a siren in the distance. Not good.by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:13:14 PM
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Another foul balll clanks into the left field seats and bounces back into the field.by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:14:27 PM
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De Aza walks. Orioles clap. We can hear it all. Almost loud enough to drown out @SchmuckStop's incessant chatterby Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:15:54 PM
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Fans spelling O-R-I-O-L-E-S and chanting "Let's go O's" from outside ballpark.by Peter Schmuck via twitter 4/29/2015 6:18:30 PM
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Fans spelling O-R-I-O-L-E-S behind the gates. And cheering Lets Go Os. Bases loaded no outs. in B1by Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:18:34 PM
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Adam Jones drives in first run of game with sacrifice fly to right. De Aza scores.by Peter Schmuck via twitter 4/29/2015 6:19:35 PM
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Jones sac fly. De Aza scores. 1-0 Os. yes, there is walkup music as well as in-between innings musicby Dan Connolly via twitter 4/29/2015 6:20:10 PM
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The view at first pitch: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDx2mR-W0AIWxnB.jpg
by Chicago White Sox via twitter 4/29/2015 6:20:21 PM -
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