The Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox played a game in an empty Camden Yards for zero fans due to security concerns amidst protests and civil unrest in Baltimore.

First pitch #orioles #Baltimore A photo posted by Kavitha A. Davidson (@kad2105) on Apr 29, 2015 at 11:07am PDT

Despite the lack of fans, the team still opted to go through with the general stadium fanfare. They played songs:

Players ✔ Music ✔ Scoreboard ✔ Media ✔ Fans ❎ pic.twitter.com/nueK6Odagt — Brody Logan (@BrodyLogan) April 29, 2015

The scoreboard was on, and they played the national anthem:

Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph had fun with the strange atmosphere, pretending to sign autographs and receive applause from nonexistent fans:

There was a ball girl protecting no fans from balls, and handing them to the kids who weren't in the stands:

THERES A BALL GIRL pic.twitter.com/NpDZN75tJZ — Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) April 29, 2015

This guy went around picking up all the loose foul balls that no fans claimed:

There is a lone stadium employee (upper right) walking around picking up foul balls that landed in the stands. pic.twitter.com/ekNallN2CY — Brian Costa (@BrianCostaWSJ) April 29, 2015

Here's Chris Davis jacking a dinger with absolutely no fans to react:

Innings later, the ball was still just sitting there, unclaimed:

Davis also realized he could chuck a ball as far as he could into the crowd with no consequences, without needing to make sure fans were paying attention:

The game is on TV, and announcers pretended they were calling golf:

The sound of a ball popping into a glove echoed throughout the ballpark, like a backyard game of catch:

Some fans gathered outside the walls of Camden Yards:

The closest O's fans are gonna get today... A photo posted by Oliver Cox (@oliverhcox) on Apr 29, 2015 at 11:10am PDT

And for the first time ever, a team had to do this:

Should be an easy winner for today's @Orioles guess the attendance game. pic.twitter.com/AvlCGJAA51 — Dan Gelston (@APgelston) April 29, 2015

"Attention media. For record keeping purposes, today's paid attendance is zero." — Daryl Van Schouwen (@CST_soxvan) April 29, 2015

With no fans, the game got over in just two hours, an easy Baltimore win:

Game is over in 2:03. Wow. Orioles win 8-2. — Brittany Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) April 29, 2015

★★★

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