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Baltimore Orioles play game in empty stadium

The ambiance at one of the most picturesque ballparks in baseball was decidedly bizarre — approximately 45,000 seats remained empty around noon as the White Sox took batting practice and Rare Earth’s “I Just Want To Celebrate” blasted over the stadium’s public address system.

Patricia Haskins, a 59-year-old Baltimore native and box office employee manning one of the two open ticket windows on Eutaw Street, said Camden Yards felt like “a ghost town.”

Meanwhile, outside the park and touristier Inner Harbor neighborhood, the city of Baltimore remained ravaged by protests that have engulfed the city since the weekend. Monday, when this three-game homestand against Chicago was set to commence, a CVS drugstore approximately two miles from the ballpark was burned to the ground as once-peaceful protests took a turn toward the violent.
Meredith Shiner