article_snippet.sent: the Orioles and Red Sox had been asked to do so by Baltimore officials due to  "ongoing public safety issues.
article_snippet.sent: Monday's game against the Chicago White Sox: postponed less than an hour before the first pitch.
article_snippet.sent: Tuesday's game against the Chicago White Sox: also postponed.
article_snippet.sent: In 1967 in Detroit, the 12th Street riots forced the Tigers to postpone one game and relocate others (to Baltimore, no less).  
article_snippet.sent: After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., MLB postponed opening day games out of fear of mob violence.  
article_snippet.sent: In the wake of the 1992 verdict in the Rodney King beating, the Los Angeles Dodgers postponed several games.  
article_snippet.sent: the Los Angeles Dodgers went on hiatus in the wake of the terrorism and violence of September 11, 2001.
article_snippet.sent: After two postponements, the Orioles will play Chicago on Wednesday, but no one else will be invited.  
article_snippet.sent: In an unprecedented move by major league baseball, the public is not invited to the final game of the series, moved to the afternoon in accordance with the curfew imposed by Baltimore's mayor.
highlights_snippet.sent: Baltimore rioting caused postponement of the Orioles and Red Sox.
highlights_snippet.sent: Now third game of series will be played to empty stadium .
  