BALTIMORE — On what might have been a perfect spring afternoon to sit with a beer and a hot dog and watch baseball, an eerie emptiness greeted the Orioles and the White Sox on Wednesday afternoon in what was believed to be the first major league game played without spectators.
Except for two scouts sitting behind home plate and a press box full of reporters, the 45,971 seats and three decks at Camden Yards were an empty expanse of green as the first pitch was thrown at 2:06 p.m.
“This isn’t the way you want to make history,” said Chris Davis, the Orioles’ first baseman.