Question about audience-less baseball

[customerserviceguy]

4. At first

the cardboard cutouts looked a bit creepy, sort of like that Burger King mascot that never changes expression. But, I've gotten used to them to the point where I'm cracking jokes with friends about them:

"Wow, did you see how badly the Mets were getting beaten the other night? Some of the cutouts were heading for the parking lot during the seventh inning stretch."

Frankly, one of the reasons I stopped watching either Fallon or Colbert was the lack of an audience response. A comedian doesn't play an instrument, they play an audience. Imagine Yo-Yo Ma pantomiming playing a cello, it wouldn't be that entertaining. A laugh track is an imitation of an audience, which is better than nothing.

When I listen to games on MLB.com audio, it sounds just like the good old days.