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In '64, Phillies played after three days of rioting

IN THE AFTERMATH of the rioting in Baltimore, there will be no fans at Camden Yards when the Orioles take on the White Sox this afternoon.

The move stirred memories of a Phillies game that was played after rioting in the City of Brotherly Love in August 1964.

The incidents have similarities.

The unrest in Baltimore started after 25-year-old Freddie Gray died of a spinal injury on April 12 while in police custody.

The riots in Philly began on Aug. 28, sparked by a confrontation between police and Odessa and Rush Bradford over the couple's inability to move their car, which had stalled at 23rd and Columbia (now Cecil B.