{"product_id":"when-the-crowd-didnt-roar-kevin-cowherd-9781496229830","title":"When the Crowd Didn't Roar: How Baseball's Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope","description":"The 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. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Cowherd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496229835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496229830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.10w x 0.40d","brand":"Kevin Cowherd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057697419519,"sku":"9781496229830","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86fda51b-43de-4860-8366-e578a7606a92.jpg?v=1685048425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-the-crowd-didnt-roar-kevin-cowherd-9781496229830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}