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Takeaways on a night where attention was focused outside ballpark's walls

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  • Gordon Edes, Red Sox reporter, ESPNBoston.com Close
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BALTIMORE -- Takeaways from Camden Yards, where they tried to play a baseball game inside a bubble Saturday night but couldn’t quite pull it off, not when police helicopters were hovering overhead and police and demonstrators were clashing just outside:

  • In the ninth inning, an announcement was made over the stadium PA and posted on the video scoreboard stating that at the request of the mayor and the Baltimore Police Department, fans were asked to remain at the ballpark because of an “ongoing public safety issue.