What if they held a baseball game and no one came?
The Baltimore Orioles might be answering that question tomorrow afternoon, as the team faces the Chicago White Sox in a game that's been closed to the public - an unprecedented move in MLB history.
The precaution, of course, is in response to the Baltimore riots that have engulfed the city following the death 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who passed away from spinal injuries that he allegedly sustained while in police custody.
The Orioles have already postponed two games against the White Sox this week, and further delays might disrupt scheduling throughout the rest of the league.
In addition to closing off tomorrow's home game, the Orioles have relocated three home games against the Tampa Bay Rays to the Rays' stadium in Central Florida.
Ticket holders for all six affected games will be eligible for refunds.
The sight of a regular season major league baseball game being played in an empty stadium will certainly be a strange one, and for many outside of the Baltimore area, it might serve as a reminder of how dangerous the situation has become in one of America's oldest cities.
Certainly Baltimore is unlikely to ever be the same after the events of the past 48 hours, and the sad irony of the situation is that no progress or reform can take place while the city is in such extreme distress.
But hey, if nothing else good comes out of this (and it almost certainly won't), at least we'll always have that video of the protester dancing like Michael Jackson.
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