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Jeremy Conn: Orioles Play To An Empty Camden Yards

What a strange sight to see yesterday at Camden Yards with no fans in the stadium. It wasn't the sight that was all that different to me, but more of the sounds of the game. At one point you could hear Jose Abreu screaming "I got it" on an infield pop up. It sounded like he was sitting right in my living room as he yelled it. You could hear the crack of the bat on every foul ball and the popping of the mitt on pitches like you were sitting right behind the catcher.

You had Caleb Joseph pretending to sign autograph's before the game and Chris Davis throwing the ball into the stands on a third out like he would during a game with all the fans in the stands. The strangest sight to me was the Chris Davis homerun that landed on Eutaw street and just rolled down next to the Ladies bathroom and sat there. There were foul balls that hit the seats and bounce back out onto the field because no one was there to catch them.

Glad the Orioles got the win and it was really too strange to see an 8-2 game go by so fast.

It's going to be really odd to see the Orioles as the Home Team in Tampa Bay this weekend.
 

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