Official Site of the White Sox · Apr 28, 2015
MLB has long chosen path of caution during outside turmoil
MLB.com Columnist
Paul Hagen
The video board at Camden Yards in Baltimore announces the postponement of Monday's game. (AP)BALTIMORE -- It was the middle of the afternoon in Los Angeles on the afternoon on April 29, 1992. A small black-and-white television was on in the near-empty press box at Dodger Stadium. Suddenly, a breaking-news alert interrupted the regularly scheduled programming. The police accused of beating a civilian named Rodney King had been found not guilty.
That night's game between the Phillies and Dodgers was surreal. Police helicopters flew back and forth across the darkened sky, searchlights flashing. The acrid smell of South Central Los Angeles burning scented the air.