Comiskey Park demolition interview with Bill Barlow.1991.
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@MrSoxfan564 жыл бұрын
You didn't run through the vines Bill, you ran through the corn in the "Field of Dreams". I would love to meet you and talk White Sox baseball and Comiskey park, I could talk Sox baseball all day and night. I am 73 years old and have been a huge Sox fan since I was 10 in 1956. I live 135 miles straight west of Chicago in Northwest Illinois, 15 miles from the Mississippi river In Iowa but went to hundreds of games in that old park . I had a season ticket plan when the Sox won the division in 1983 . Our seats were a few rows over the wall where Al Smith got his beer bath. I have so many Sox stories that you wouldn't believe some of them but they are for real. thanks for sharing this video, I loved that park, in a way it was my second home.
@Johnebegood4 жыл бұрын
U live near waterman il?
@hotredboy844 жыл бұрын
Just think if they left the old scoreboard and made it part of the tailgating experience smdh
@ogorbust1697 Жыл бұрын
This video is a 💎 thanks for sharing!! I miss this old park, went the final season. Remember going the following year in '91 and seeing it like this.. brought me to tears
@jay73crue814 жыл бұрын
So many memories. I have a picture my grandpa took of it when torn down. Was always there as a kid.
@geoffwag33214 жыл бұрын
I watched Tiger Stadium come down. So many memories. Especially of going with my dad.
@johnr0333 жыл бұрын
Same for me, grew up going to Tiger Stadium. I talked dad into taking me to see Old Comiskey in the summer of 1990 as a 10 year old kid. What a great stadium total shame both are gone.
@donnix7683 жыл бұрын
@@johnr033 Grew up a Cubs fan in northwest Indiana , 10 minutes from the south side of chicago. I have to say even though I love Wrigley field I have great memories of going to old Comiskey Park circa 1989-90 , it was a great old park. I remember when both parks were side by side when the new park was done and the old park was still being used towards the end of the 1990 season. The scoreboard was a cool sight.
@mikebastian55733 жыл бұрын
Very cool video ! Thank you
@ryw5862 Жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Bill, a great guy and friend. You and your great stories are truly missed.
@dennismedbourn5272 жыл бұрын
Wow! Seeing the weeds in old Comiskey Park like this really makes me sad.
@gregv79 Жыл бұрын
Great Video. Saw Kittle hit a roof shot at a night game right where the guy was pointing between the scoreboard and over the left field roof. Just sailed off into the night, no idea where it landed, Seemed like it flew forever. Never forget it, #42!
@toddjohnson20856 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris, Bill is my girlfriend's dad. He wanted me to reach out to you for him to see if you have anymore video etc.
@JustinDeFiblander4 жыл бұрын
That park was a shining cathedral as beautiful as an Orthodox church. It's a damn shame 😡 it was torn down.
@dennismedbourn5272 жыл бұрын
The prettiest park in MLB
@johnfarr27384 жыл бұрын
I know they had already torn down half of old Comisky here but I’ve Noticed how once teams leave a stadium they don’t even mow the grass and just let it grow into this.
@BaseballPlayer03 жыл бұрын
Why was it plants and not tall grass
@bmla883 ай бұрын
Great video. It was the 1918 world series and the Cubs lost to the red sox
@michaelleroy92812 жыл бұрын
As a Sox fan, I hated to see old Comiskey go, but if it took a new ballpark to keep the Sox in Chicago, then so be it
@lonniestephens62544 ай бұрын
The Original Comiskey Park should have never been destroyed.
@kennethdonnelly24022 жыл бұрын
His intentions are good, but he is wrong on a lot of things. But I did love going to the old park and sitting alongside the wall in the lower left field stands. I was there on Bat Day 1972 with 51,000 fans when Allen hit the famous game winning , pinch hit homer off Lyle in the second game. Allen's home run was a moon shot, not a liner. Just like his roof shot off of Cuellar.
@stepheneggert73884 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid bill veck gave us free tickets..at our school in Hinsdale he gave each of us kids a pair for the out field seats..in person..he lived in Hinsdale il. There a park named after him ..ball fields. Veck park. Along the trip state toll way..in hinsdale..he would bring his car in for a car wash ..on sundays in the early 1970s....have a cup of coffee. And. .b.s. with my dad..he as I recall as a kid was a color full guy..those were the days..miss the old park..these new parks are stiral..cant beat old school baseball..
@MrZinjanthropus2 жыл бұрын
Veeck was great. It was fun going to the games in the 1970-80s when he owned the team. The old ballpark would still be standing if he were around. Reinsdorf is a horrible owner. 1 championship in 40 years of ownership. He threatened to move the team unless the state built that garbage new sterile park. I feel like I'm at a shopping mall when inside the park. Sell the team Jerry!
@ericreyes33836 жыл бұрын
I want to know if the old score board was saved donated or destroyed
@BrianRetro6 жыл бұрын
It was destroyed because nobody wanted it. They were trying to sell it to a minor league organization but could get no buyers.
@ericreyes33836 жыл бұрын
How i wish old Comiskey Park could of bin saved
@hotredboy845 жыл бұрын
It was the last part of the park to come down
@jamesrobbins35665 жыл бұрын
The scoreboard itself was dismantled, but one of the original pinwheels is on display at the Hall of Fame museum at Cooperstown. Not sure about the rest of them though.
@wmw36295 жыл бұрын
Eric Reyes The new place just sucks!
@greensugar91586 жыл бұрын
I would have done a lot more walking around inside. Been up in the stands, consession areas etc. By the way Comiskey Park opened in 1910, not 1907. And the Cubs had thier own park by 1915!
@williamsnyder56164 жыл бұрын
Bill had one more glaring error. He had the Sox playing in the 1915 World Series and losing to the Boston Braves. No. They played in the 1917 Series and they beat the New York Giants.
@BrianRetro6 жыл бұрын
Where do you get your facts buddy? Babe Ruth was NOT with the Boston Braves in 1915. He was with the Boston Red Sox and it was in 1935 (also his last year playing) when he joined the Braves after the Yankees cut him. Also, the Cubs borrowed the park for the 1918 World Series against the Red Sox, not 1915/16 against the Yankees like you mentioned.
@patgallagher67103 ай бұрын
I can almost picture shoeless joe jackson emerging from the weeds.
@greensugar91586 жыл бұрын
How did you get in? They had it all fenced off. Great video though
@jeffmeyers91285 жыл бұрын
Idk but they were reeeeeally slow at tearing that place down. Despite having the last game there in Sep. of '90, only a portion of right field was torn down by June of '91. So maybe they were taking a break from the demolition and allowed him in
@Sh3rk693 жыл бұрын
Seems crazy to walk through all that grass coming from Australia. Long grass means snakes
@thetruefistofthenort3 жыл бұрын
🥃🚬
@DimJongUn4 жыл бұрын
Who are the Sacks?
@JustinDeFiblander4 жыл бұрын
The White Sox. The Pale Hose. The South Siders. The team who defeated the cubs back in 1906 for the crown. THATS WHO!!!
@brentbond7499 Жыл бұрын
It’s a shame because they replaced with a terrible venue. This place was unreal.
@soxfan7732 жыл бұрын
I park there now haha
@freethinkerrr28973 ай бұрын
Destroying old baseball cathedrals like Comiskey should be a crime. Shame on the city of Chicago for destroying a beautiful baseball cathedral. Just like Detroit destroying Tiger Stadium. There’s just something wrong about it.
@TheBatugan775 жыл бұрын
Lots of interesting facts. Wrong. But interesting nonetheless.
@joeambrose32603 жыл бұрын
9:10. "Ruth played for the Braves in the teens" WTF ???
@BaseballPlayer03 жыл бұрын
He's an idiot. It as the 30s
@kennethdonnelly24022 жыл бұрын
He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1914 to 1919.
@danielleary92653 жыл бұрын
i like Guaranteed Rate Field but this place never should have come down...The old classic ball parks become such a part of the teams identity and such a huge draw for tourists to come visit.
@JStorm133 жыл бұрын
That ballpark is crap in comparison to the stadiums that came soon after it. I.e. camden yards
@danielleary92653 жыл бұрын
@@JStorm13 I love Camden Yards but they had Memorial Stadium to replace total dumpster no character it was a football stadium..Comiskey was a classic
@JStorm133 жыл бұрын
Old comisky, yes, I don't know why they replaced it. A good renonvation would have kept it running for years. New comisky missed out on what camden started
@MrZinjanthropus2 жыл бұрын
@@JStorm13 Guaranteed Rate Field, is crap. Reinsdorf should sell the team!!
@MrZinjanthropus2 жыл бұрын
@@JStorm13 Reinsdorf threatened to move the team unless the state built the "shopping mall." You're exactly right. The new park is ugly with no character. Sell the team Jerry!!
@woodencoasterfan3 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what it feels like to walk onto hallowed ground. I got the chance to walk out onto Steve Spurrier/Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at the University of Florida a few years ago where they have been playing football since the 1930’s and I thought I died and gone to Heaven.
@mariocisneros9114 жыл бұрын
Well many of us could say we were there. And I still believe they couldve saved / restored the front facade/wall from 1st base to 3rd base. And placed stores , restaurants in it. In fact they could build a reproduction now that it is too late
@kennethdonnelly24022 жыл бұрын
The Boston Braves only appeared in one World Series, and that was in 1914, when they were referred to as the "Miracle Braves". This guy is either drunk, or just full of shit. The '35 Braves finished last, I believe, and Ruth retired in May. He hit .181 with 6 homers and was 40 years old. The Braves only took him as a publicity stunt, hoping he could still hit a few home runs.
@daniellinehan6311 ай бұрын
Built in 1910 to last 200 years.......until reinsdorf ruined it
@hoopsheavenpa4 жыл бұрын
The “new” park was and still is terrible. It has no baseball feel at all or character.
@horseplop94 жыл бұрын
agree it's a dump
@keyshawnscott123 жыл бұрын
I love the new park
@MrZinjanthropus2 жыл бұрын
@@horseplop9 The new park sucks. It's like a shopping mall.
@enjoidagoose Жыл бұрын
Each year it gains a few thousand new stories and memories, maybe more if the sox are on a roll. And each year it gains more “baseball feel and character”. See you at the park!