The baseball team that deliberately locked their fans out of a game

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The Charleston RiverDogs’ stunt in 2002 continued a family tradition of baseball innovation, but empty ballparks will not be a novelty much longer

On a hot July evening in Charleston, South Carolina, almost 2,000 baseball fans made their way to Joseph P Riley Jr Park, a pleasant if somewhat clumsily-named ball park on a bend in the Ashley river. Their local minor league team, the RiverDogs, were playing against the Columbus RedStixx. But on a beautiful night for baseball in 2002, the stadium gates were padlocked.

 

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a team not worth supporting then

I'm so glad we have The Guardian to report on the goings on of the Charleston RiverDogs baseball team, and beg for money, all on the same webpage. Just.

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