It’s almost fitting that the Baltimore Orioles find themselves in Tampa starting tonight. However unlike right around this time last year, they’ll be the visiting team at Tropicana Field. The weekend which corresponds with this coming weekend (last year, that is) saw the O’s hosting Tampa. However due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, that series was moved to Tampa – with the O’s as the home team…on the road.
We all remember what happened, and it was all covered ad hoc on this site. One year ago today, the Orioles were hosting the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park, in a game that became marred by the civil unrest which was occurring around the city and around the ballpark before and during the game.