Chicago White Sox '78

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10 жыл бұрын

Chicago White Sox baseball from the old Comiskey Park in 1978. Featuring Harry Caray and Bill Veeck as told by Bill Nigut and Videographer Garry Willis

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@thomasbork2776 9 жыл бұрын

Its was so cool watching this then to my surprise the segment of autograph seekers there is a boy with glassesand a white t-shirt and low and behold that boy is ME!!!!!!!! How cool is that.

@walterfortuna6821 21 күн бұрын

My favorite players who I remember was Lamar Johnson, Chet Lemon, Alan Bannister, Jorge Orta, Ralph Garr....

@auribe78 4 жыл бұрын

The fan going down the slide is the best part of this video. My God what a women!

@maggskonerko7810 2 жыл бұрын

She looked very nice and thick

@dabund2 8 жыл бұрын

"This is one of the few places where I've had fights with my fists other than the rock concerts." Lmfao gotta love the SOXsiders.

@PredatorKingdom 3 жыл бұрын

This was my favorite era of the White Sox the Bill Veeck years, especially with these beautiful uniforms.

@marchmadness76 5 жыл бұрын

I loved Comiskey Park.

@MrSoxfan56 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I have been a lifelong Sox fan since 1956 when I was 10 years old. Went to hundred's of games there. Was there on the last game in 1990. It was a beautiful day, the Sox won but you could feel the sadness in the park knowing that you could never go there again. I have countless stories I could tell about the Sox and Comiskey which would be very interesting to a Sox fan but there are too many. I l love any video from Comiskey and those years. Thanks again for sharing this.

@bobbyg433 3 жыл бұрын

My God do I miss that place

@USA-jh7ph 3 жыл бұрын

I love those old Sox unis!...From a California Angels Fan!

@jorgejohnson451 Ай бұрын

If they had spent the money on building the new park on rehabbing the old one, they would have drawn a lot more fans the past 30 years.

@ericschminke8233 Жыл бұрын

To me, the greatest thing about Comiskey Park was the scoreboard they had from 1960-1981. Watching it light up like a birthday cake with the fireworks exploding was THE HIGHLIGHT of every White Sox game for this fan. I wish they would focus on the scoreboard's celebration instead of the batter rounding the bases.

@impassable 6 жыл бұрын

Back then the White Sox actually wore white sox

@MrSoxfan56 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this video. I am a huge Sox fan , I live 130 west of Chicago but have attended hundreds of Sox games. This was an era where you didn't have much tape footage and it is fun to see these memory's of Comiskey and the 70's White Sox.

@jazzerooni Жыл бұрын

Sox games back then were like a mix of baseball, a Grateful Dead concert and WWE.

@BallparkHunter 10 жыл бұрын

Great look at the old ballpark and the Sox in the late 1970s.

@alanosterman7130 2 жыл бұрын

So nice to see again. Thanks for the post. Very nice times there, especially night games. Games would start at 8:00. You wouldn`t get out of there till 11:30 or later. Centerfield wall was 445 feet away. Harry and Jimmy were a real hoot in the TV booth. They were sooo funny. Could bounce things off of each other like nobody else. Remember Harry in a funny exchange asking Jimmy, "Jimmy, did you take your pill today ?" Remember "Rent a Player"s, Ritchie Zisk, and Oscar Gamble. And, the P. T. Barnum of baseball, Mr. Bill Veeck. Miss them all.

@CR-px3cf 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, so many memories. Thanks for sharing!

@mariocisneros911 5 жыл бұрын

There's a younger Harry CAREY with jimmy Piersal at the 2 min. Mark . Was more better when the music was minimal and tickets easier to buy when free agency was young

@aarond23 4 жыл бұрын

'Your favorite player interviewed'...they show Paul Molitor lol

@rmartin7558 3 жыл бұрын

In fairness, Milwaukee's not that far from the Windy City. Good chance there were some fans of the Brew Crew at the game.

@johnperrigo6474 3 жыл бұрын

Those uniforms!

@aarond23 4 жыл бұрын

I'm still amazed by baseball crowds in the 70s and 80s almost none of them wore 'team merch' they are all in their normal clothes....now you go to a game and everyone has on the team merch

@williamsullivan1474 Жыл бұрын

Please say merchandise

@brianarbenz1329 6 ай бұрын

In the city of Chi.

@johnfroelich8554 4 жыл бұрын

And soon who would appear on the scene but Eddie Einhorn and Jerry Reinsdorf...

@robertmasina4610 4 жыл бұрын

Too bad that in 1978 the team didn't repeat the outstanding season of the previous year's South Side Hitmen.

@subg8858 Жыл бұрын

Too bad we can say the same 9 out of 10 seasons🤣😣🥲

@thefungoden3978 3 жыл бұрын

0:55 Dude's got on a Jimi Hendrix t-shirt.

@tobyradenbaugh8965 Жыл бұрын

WFLD Channel 32 Night games Harry popping beers on air

@RICHBLACKCOCK 8 жыл бұрын

ANDY FRAIN!!!!!!!

@jonnydanger7181 5 жыл бұрын

When I was in 8th grade 1982 I met Nancy while she was playing the organ and got to talk to her for awhile. I wanted to marry her after 😂😢

@williamsnyder5616 4 жыл бұрын

Nancy Faust was an absolute gem.

@RRaquello 3 жыл бұрын

Hooray, Ron Blomberg! And hitting a home run! I forgot he played for the White Sox. I remember him on the Yankees. He was supposed to be the next Hank Greenberg, but all he ever led the league in was pulled muscles. That popcorn vendor at 1:08 is wearing an outdated Sox helmet. He needs to get on the stick! I bet the kid in the Jimi Hendrix shirt at 0:57 was at Disco Demolition night.

@stumarston6812 2 жыл бұрын

By the time this video ended, I started smoking.

@jonnydanger7181 3 жыл бұрын

That dude at 1:00 was Arnold horseshack !!

@morrison1405 Жыл бұрын

@0:45, That Yard Pimp Paul Molitor. Hell yeah.

@davanmani556 6 жыл бұрын

Bill Nigut. I remember him from WSBTV in Atlanta.

@kamala2111 6 жыл бұрын

Love this

@sinicalypse 3 жыл бұрын

Look at Chesty Morgan win that egg toss! #HeyAtLeastItsNotTitsMcGee!

@aladinsarsipeus Жыл бұрын

Ahh yes 1978 back when people kept their wordholes shut and lived their own lives and stayed out of each others business. God I miss it.

@vicepresidentmikepence889 Жыл бұрын

Yes, Jimmy Carter was a decent, moral man and definitely better than president we had between 2017-2021

@charlessmith263 8 жыл бұрын

What was the date of the first post-game firework show that was ever held at Comiskey Park? I am not talking about the "exploding scoreboard". I suspect Bill Veeck wanted not only fireworks from the exploding scoreboard, but I think he wanted fireworks displayed publicly after certain Sox games to keep Chicagoans from setting off illegal fireworks. I am speculating that the first firework show, probably came in 1975 or 1976 when Bill Veeck wanted to make the old Sox Park sort of a mixture of a circus and a funhouse.

@charlessmith263 7 жыл бұрын

The Atlanta Braves had their firework shows at the old Altanta Fulton County Stadium in the late 1970s too. Not just Comiskey Park's White Sox. The Braves organized such post-game firework shows under such names like "Atlanta's Biggest Blast" and "DC Sky Concert". I wonder if other ballparks in the late 1970s had their own post-game fireworks. At least a few others.

@garrywillis46 7 жыл бұрын

Charles Smith The White Sox had "The Exploding Scoreboard" in 1960 that shot off fireworks when the Sox hit a home run. I'm not sure when fireworks shows started.

@charlessmith263 7 жыл бұрын

The reason for the fireworks and the bling in the scoreboard was that Bill Veeck was thinking of some TV comedy show that involved a pinball machine that went really, really wacko when somebody broke a record on that machine. Flashing lights, marquees, and part of the pinball machine seemed to blow up, Veeck says. That was Veeck's reason for this scoreboard. The other reason for the scoreboard is to entertain crowds even when the Sox had a losing game or a losing season.

@charlessmith263 6 жыл бұрын

I CAN tell you that the final post-game firework show at that park, Garry, was on September 29, 1990. It happened after the last night game at the old ballpark on that date. Part of it is on KZfaq. Shells used were very big - almost like the fireworks you see in the summer at Navy Pier. That firework show was the biggest for one big reason - and we all know it......

@robminmonaca 6 жыл бұрын

Pittsburgh Three Rivers Stadium has many fireworks shows in the 70s.

@liverneck2001 7 жыл бұрын

too bad comiskey is gone.....would have made a great baseball trip to go to comiskey and wrigley in the same week

@aboxofbroken8tracks983 6 жыл бұрын

Reinsdorf took care of that.

@Philtration 5 жыл бұрын

I went to both in the same day on one of those rare occasions when both teams were in town at the same time.

@pete956 3 ай бұрын

Saw Cubs Dodgers and Sox Yankees on the same day.

@74SD455TA 3 жыл бұрын

They ain't wearing no freaking masks in that place without facing serious repercussions. Used to love how fights would break out at will, Harry boozing upstairs. The best of times when the South Side Hit Men roamed!

@jonnydanger7181 5 жыл бұрын

Greatest uniforms ever!!

@WilliamPFord-kp6tf 5 жыл бұрын

I hated those garish nile green seats. The powder blue seats of the 60's were the best.

@wadegarrett2053 5 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% I believe there are a few games on here from 1974 and 1976 which show the powder blue seats

@alanosterman7130 2 жыл бұрын

Oh BOO HOO !

@RP-pb8yx 7 жыл бұрын

william legue

@BrownBrother27 8 жыл бұрын

I am guessing Harry Caray is the guy who unites the White Sox and Cubs fans since he was the announcer for both at one time or another.

@aboxofbroken8tracks983 6 жыл бұрын

Cub fans forgave a lot considering Harry was also a Cardinals announcer.

@brianwilliams5662 5 жыл бұрын

Cubs and Sox fans dont unite. Cub fans are retarded.

@mariocisneros911 5 жыл бұрын

Came to Chicago in 1971 . To the White Sox. Cubs in 1981.

@vaughnmild4467 5 жыл бұрын

Brian Williams Some had to say it! Go Sox

@narata1541 4 жыл бұрын

Most of my friends are Cubs fans, and when I say that Harry Carey announced for the Sox, they don't believe me. Thankfully I just search it on my phone and show it to them.

@26fulton 2 жыл бұрын

The time when you could have smoked in the stadium while watching the game.

@tomitstube 8 жыл бұрын

oh... those uniforms, their best uniforms were before these with the red pinstripes, never forget going to those games and seeing dick allen smoking a cigarette in uniform, and basically doing what ever he wanted, he "flourished" as they say in that non-conformist environment and the sox were looking playoff bound, unfortunately an injury and dispute with ron santo ended all that, would have been real interesting seeing how allen would have fit on a veeck team.

@gmaneis 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's true, but for me, the best year was '59 when the Sox wore classic baseball uni's, and there was no organ music, and the outside was still just dirty dark brick! Early Wynn, Minnie, Big Klu, Al Smith, Louis, Nellie, Jims Landis and Rivera, to name a few off the top of my old head. Fun! Comiskey was Chicago!!!!

@tomitstube 4 жыл бұрын

@@gmaneis before my time but my dad and his brother loved the go go sox. i go back to the tommy john, wilbur wood, joel horlen, carlos may, dick allen, bill melton sox, as a little kid i saw mickey mantle at old comiskey/white sox ball park, his last year, he pinch hit so he could say good bye to the fans. got to see luis aparicio too. not the best teams but they had their moments, never forget wilbur wood winning both games of a double header.

@michaelleroy9281 2 жыл бұрын

The 1978 season for the Sox was a disaster Richie Zisk and Oscar Gamble went to other teams and they couldn't find others to hit home runs

@roberthill799 Жыл бұрын

Zisk fell apart in August of 77 just when the Sox needed him most as they were only 3 games or so behind KC. I did not want him around for '78. On the other hand, I always liked Oscar.

@dr.anderson5320 7 жыл бұрын

In this video, Ron Blomberg hits a home run against Texas. Playing right field on that homer for the Rangers was Bobby Bonds, who earlier that same season (1978) played for the White Sox. Bonds performed so poorly for the Sox in his short stint in Chicago, the fans were unmerciful on him when he came back and played in Comiskey Park. In this clip, you can see a fan taunting him after the ball lands in the seats. He was quoted in an interview saying he did not want to go out there. Poor guy!

@charlessmith263 7 жыл бұрын

Ironic he was hated even as the bling from the exploding scoreboard - the lights, hollering, hooting, and fireworking - was given directly in honor of Ron for his solo shot into the right field stands.....

@roberthill799 Жыл бұрын

Bonds was notorious for his lack of hustle.

@lcar4000 8 жыл бұрын

I see the park was half empty again

@charlessmith263 6 жыл бұрын

Even with the exploding scoreboard erected? Ironic!!!!!

@robertmasina4610 4 жыл бұрын

The team finished below .500 in 1978 so no surprise about the ballpark being half empty.

@gmaneis 4 жыл бұрын

@@robertmasina4610 I went to a game with only about 500 other fans in 1969. Not a fun area to be in after a game at night. Bill Melton was the Sox star then. Lead the team in homers. I think management must have cringed each time he hit one at Comiskey and they had to spend money on those fireworks!

@gmaneis 3 жыл бұрын

@Brian Pederson The only Bulls game I went to was Valentine's Day 1970 vs. the Lakers. I remember the Bulls winning 82 to 80, but the online record shows a very different score. Weird how memory can trick a brain! Anyway, the barn was not even half full, but the game was exciting and the organ music was magnificent!

@gmaneis 3 жыл бұрын

@Brian Pederson Ha! That's awesome!