When a Grand Slam Falls into the Stands and No One's There to Hear It ...
That old saying is right again.
The Show must go on.
And it did.
The streets of Baltimore may have seen some semblance of normalcy return -- for now -- but the Orioles and Chicago White Sox still staged the Stealth Game behind closed gates.
OK, besides the seats looking like someone uncovered the upper deck in Oakland, did anything else seem weird there? Like ...
- Did the PA announcer have a no-lockout contract or something? Everybody there knew everyone else!
- And of all the tunes to play, didn't Take Me Out to the Ball Game seem sardonically ironic in this one?
That's worse than fans singing that damn song when they're already there. If it's gonna be used during a private showing, there's a time and a place for that ...
Then there was:
- Baltimore manager Buck Showalter making a call to the bullpen and being able to hear the phone ring out there; at least it was working this time.
- Chris Davis customarily flipping balls into the seats after a third out; it must've been the clean-up crew's lucky day.
At least the world's best hockey announcer who's not announcing hockey got a shot at showing he's ready for the call whenever the networks need another voice for golf:
Baseball dates back to God-knows-when ...
But after the Stealth Game and being forced to move their scheduled home series against the Rays to Tampa Bay, it's quite possible the Orioles don't ever need to hear about echoes of the past anymore.
They're hearing enough in the present.