SNL’s Baltimore Sportscasters Awkwardly Try to Avoid Riot Talk

SNL, of course, addressed the unrest in Baltimore tonight with some color commentary of the empty-stadium Orioles-White Sox game.

And the sportscasters did their best to try and avoid any awkward talk of rioting or burning buildings or the word “Negros.”

Guess how well that went.

Watch the video below, via NBC:

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