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Orioles to play White Sox on Wednesday in closed stadium (Yahoo Sports)
 After a pair of postponements caused by rioting in Baltimore, the Orioles and Chicago White Sox will play Wednesday at Camden Yards in what is believed to be the first game without fans in Major League Baseball's history. Because of the unsettled environment in Baltimore, where rioters burned a drug store and set police cars ablaze on Monday night, officials moved the game up five hours from its original 7:05 p.m. starting time and closed it to the public ''It's all about what's best for the city and the safety of our people,'' Orioles manager Buck Showalter said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. The announcement of the unique closed-doors game came late Tuesday afternoon, after the Orioles postponed games against Chicago on Monday and Tuesday. More...
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