{"product_id":"when-the-crowd-didnt-roar-how-baseballs-strangest-game-ever-gave-a-broken-city-hope-paperback","title":"When the Crowd Didn't Roar: How Baseball's Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Cowherd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 has seen 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Crowd Didn't Roar\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles this unsettling contest--as well as the tragic events that led up to it and the therapeutic effect the game had on a troubled city. The story comes vividly to life through the eyes of city leaders, activists, police officials, and the media who covered the tumultuous unrest on the streets of Baltimore, as well as the ballplayers, umpires, managers, and front-office personnel of the teams that played in this singular game and the fans who watched it from behind locked gates. Amid the uprising and great turmoil, baseball stopped to reflect on the fact that something different was happening in Baltimore and responded to it in an unprecedented way, making this the unlikeliest and strangest game ever played. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Cowherd\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning sports columnist and features writer who worked for the \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e for thirty-two years. He is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Time\u003c\/i\u003es best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eHothead, The Closer\u003c\/i\u003e, and four other baseball novels for young readers written with Cal Ripken Jr. Cowherd is also the author of five books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eU Must Be Cinderella! Inside College Basketball's Greatest Upset Ever and the Audacious School that Pulled It Off\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52766015357235,"sku":"9781496229830","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WU1PdTh3QTlKKzV5cjlxcjM1TWR0UT09.webp?v=1764638232","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/when-the-crowd-didnt-roar-how-baseballs-strangest-game-ever-gave-a-broken-city-hope-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}