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A view of Orioles home opener during a pandemic

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A view of Orioles home opener during a pandemic
A view of Orioles home opener during a pandemic
Baseball is back in Baltimore but not the way any of us remember it.

ANY OF US REMEMBER IT.

THEORIOLES OPENING DAY WAS FILLEDWITH A LOT OF CHEERING FROMHOME INSTEAD OF BEHIND HOMEPLATE.

WMAR2 NEWSBEEN OUTSIDE THE STADIUM ALLDAY.

FANS FOUND WAYS TO MAKETHE BEST OF IT?YEAH THEY HAVE TRIED ALL NIGHTTO GET A PEAK OF THE FIELDTHROUGH THESE GREEN SHEETFENCES THEY INSTALLED SOCROWDS WOULDNPEOPLE HERE LOVE THEIRBASEBALL.

WHILE CORONAVIRUSCHANGED THE ORIOLES OPPONENTAND ENERGY- THE FANS STILLFOUND A WAY TO SUPPORT THETEAM AND CITY FROM AFAAt 2 and a half years old thisis Major Zaboraopening daywerentradition.

Melissa & MajorZabora Orioles fans16:15:48-16:15:59“Thatright.

Doing things in acreative way creating newtraditions.

This is all goingto be what we look back on.

Wetook pictures with and withoutmasks on.

Thatis” Opening day is verydifferent than any other yearin and around Camden Yards.Meghan Orioles Fan18:26:32-18:26:42“Itto see that you know Picklesis able to open this niceoutdoor area in order tosocial distance themselves.You still feel thatcamaraderie that Orioles arestill playing and fans arestill out here” Opening dayis on Eric Kohrs birthdaywhich may never happen again.Eric Kohr Orioles Fan18:32:14-18:32:21“Wecommunity here.

The peoplethat live here love it andanything we can do to help thlocal communities andbusinesses when they areopened back up and ready to gow” You cannever see this much groundoutside of Pickles on openingday not to mention all therevenue lost inside.18:36:48-18:36:55“Itpeople that youI mean it is what it is”Thereand the show goes on with TVsoutsideand sanitizers on deck.

TomLeonard Pickles GM18:37:03-18:37:24“Welike grinding our own meat soour burgers are like out ofthis world right now.Everybody always loves ourwings fresh squeezed citrusfor all our crushes.

The otherthing is trying to supportlocal too.

Every draft we haveon draft except Guinness andSierra are within an 8 mileradius of us”SECURITY HAS BEEN HARD AT WOKEEPING PEOPLE MOVINGSAW A GUY BRING HIS OWN LADDERTO TRY AND GET A VIEW.

FROMWHAT WEOF THE STADIUM PEOPLE GOT THEPOINT AND KEPT IT MOVING.

LIVEOUTSIDE OF CAMDEN YARDS ONOPENING NIGHT EDDIE KADHIMWMAR2 NEWS.NOW THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKEDLIKE INSIDE CAMDEN

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