美職棒球賽無觀衆

Why No Fans Were Allowed At This MLB Game In Baltimore

美職棒球賽無觀衆

April 29th's game between the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox was a little unusual. That's because for the first time in the history of the four major American professional sports leagues the game was played in an intentionally empty stadium.

賽金鶯隊對陣芝加哥白襪隊的比賽迎來了前所未有的罕事——史上唯一一次在沒有觀衆的體育場舉行的四大美職棒球賽。

The deliberate shut-out of fans from Camden Yards was to keep them safe following the violent riots that erupted on the streets of Baltimore on April 27th. In addition to shattering windows and looting, protesters also burned down 20 businesses and 144 cars. Twenty police officers were injured, and more than 200 people arrested before the rampage finally came to an end, early Tuesday morning.

這場在坎登園區舉行的比賽，之所以阻止觀衆觀賽，是爲了讓他們免受4月27日巴爾的摩發生騷亂的意外傷害。除了打砸搶，示威人羣還燒燬了20多家商鋪以及144輛私家車。到星期二早上，騷亂平靜之前，已經有20名警察受傷，200多名示威者被捕。

The chain of events leading to this unfortunate turn of events began on April 12th when 25-year-old Freddie Gray was arrested for fleeing upon sighting a police car. While in custody, Gray sustained an unexplained spinal injury. He fell into a coma a few days later and passed away on April 19th.

暴亂始於4月12日那天，一名25歲叫Freddie Gray的青年逃脫警車執法的事件。在拘留期間，Gray感到脊椎莫名的傷痛，隨後幾天就陷入了昏迷狀態，在4月19日不幸去世。

As news of the young men's death spread, the residents of Baltimore began clamoring for answers. However, while there were a couple of peaceful protests outside the local police station on April 18th and the Baltimore City Hall on April 25th, things really escalated a few hours after Gray's funeral on April 27th.

他去世的消息一傳開，巴爾的摩的市民就開始爲他的死因找尋說法。剛開始，在4月18日市警察局門外和4月25日巴爾的摩市政廳，只有幾場非暴力示威。4月27日，Gray的葬禮之後，事情就愈演愈劣。

Nobody knows for sure what instigated the disorder. Some speculate that the riots were started by the local gangs who reconciled their differences to take revenge on the Baltimore Police. Others believe it began after some high school students attending Gray's funeral encountered police in riot gear as they were making their way to the transportation hub to catch a ride home.

沒有人知道形勢怎麼失控的，有些人懷疑，是本地幫派爲了報復警察局而挑起了事端，另一些人則認爲，是一些參加完Gray葬禮的中學生去運輸中心等車回家時，遇到了攜帶防暴裝備的警察。

Fortunately, the situation appears to have calmed down. As for the baseball? Wednesday's game will remain in the history books for many years. That's because the city and MLB have rescheduled the others so that Baltimore fans do not ever have to miss another game.

幸運的是，形勢現在已經穩定下來。那麼棒球賽呢？週三那場無觀衆的球賽還是被載入了歷史記錄，因爲巴爾的摩市和美職棒聯盟一起，調整了其他比賽的時間，所以說這樣的情況真是百年不見呢。

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