When the Crowd Didn't Roar by Kevin Cowherd - 9781496229830

When the Crowd Didn't RoarHow Baseball's Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope\nAuthor(s): Kevin Cowherd\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9781496229830, 978-1496229830\nSynopsis\nThe date is April 29, 2015. Baltimore is reeling from the devastating riots sparked by the death in police custody of twenty-five-year-old African American Freddie Gray. Set against this grim backdrop, less than thirty-six hours after the worst rioting Baltimore hasseen since the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968, the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox take the field at Camden Yards. It is a surreal event they will never forget: the only Major League game until COVID ever played without fans. The eerily quiet stadium is on lockdown for public safety and because police are needed elsewhere to keep the tense city from exploding anew.\n\nWhen the Crowd Didnt Roar chronicles this unsettling contest.