Baseball Riots: A Case Study

“These are the sounds of baseball: the crack of a wooden bat hitting a ball; the pop of a ball hitting a glove; the organ; the cheering fans” (Baltimore, Md.). Back in April for the very first time in MLB history, there was a game with no fans in the bleachers to watch and cheer on the teams.
On April 12th, 2015, four officers tried to stop Freddie Gray and another man after the two men saw the police at an intersection and started to run. According to Deputy Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez, when they finally caught up to Gray he stopped voluntarily and the police didn’t have to use any force. One of the officers took out his taser just in case, but never had to use it. They can confirm that because they downloaded the information from the taser and there was no visible evidence on Freddie Gray’s body. They transported Gray in a van to the police station. He was in very serious medical condition. They take him to Shock Trauma. Gray underwent two surgeries on his spine but remained in a coma. He died weeks later.
The death of Freddie Gray led to riots and outbursts. Police officers were being attacked by mobs of young men. Buildings were being burned down also. “It looked as if a tornado hit in here. Every single section of the store was ransacked. It was terrible” (Sequoia Alexander; after helping clean
That’s why no fans were allowed in the stadium to watch the Baltimore Orioles take on the Chicago White Sox. Each Major League Baseball team plays 162 games that have to be on schedule so that the standing are fair at the end of the season. So the game had to go on. Only 3 out of 45,971 green seats were full. Those three people were scouts that worked for the team. Adam LaRoche, White Sox’s first baseman, said that having no fans has taken away some of the meaning of the game. A small group of fans gathered outside the gates of the stadium and cheered. Other than that there was no one there to cheer on the