The 'Ten Cent Beer Night' Riot

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The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

5 жыл бұрын

The June 4, 1974, night game between the Texas Rangers and the Cleveland Indians was one for the record books. Whether because of the cheap beer, the hot weather, college students home for summer, or the full moon, the things that made the game memorable had little to do with playing baseball. It is history that deserves to be remembered.
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@johnathonpowell2946 5 жыл бұрын

"There was a buzz in the crowd." Deserves a thumbs up all on it's own!

@conmcgrath7502 5 жыл бұрын

...but they had suspiciously long hair, god'damn hippies.....!

@richardnott9587 3 жыл бұрын

I heard what he did there. Lol

@tolfan4438 2 жыл бұрын

Ya a buzz hehe hehe

@mclyker 5 жыл бұрын

"I've got 2 bucks in my pocket. You do the math." Hahahahahahaha

@bigblue6917 5 жыл бұрын

Probably best to do the maths before you drink the beer.😊

@roxismith6122 5 жыл бұрын

That one cracked me up too, Matt C!

@dalethelander3781 5 жыл бұрын

Ummm...subtract the 6...carry the 2...

@elaineandjohn9599 5 жыл бұрын

Miss Tim Russert. He was special.

@causwayspeedway 5 жыл бұрын

The crowd went wild on 3.2 beer? You do the math.

@JagerLange 5 жыл бұрын

"This is why we can't have nice things - and it deserves to be remembered."

@StaticImage 4 жыл бұрын

This is, in my honest opinion, the single most underrated KZfaq comment I've seen since I started my account in 2005.

@tdunph4250 4 жыл бұрын

These people had their fun in the 70's. Now they are Democrats and they don't want ANYONE to be able to have any fun!

@wsmokr 4 жыл бұрын

@@tdunph4250 Oh gee look another one who has to pull politics out of their ass on a video that has absolutely nothing about politics.

@KlodFather 4 жыл бұрын

@@wsmokr - He was telling the truth. Many of those long haired hippies are the LibTards of today... and the reason we have these marxist groups rampaging.

@tolfan4438 2 жыл бұрын

no that's how you get ants . do you want ants because that's how you get em

@roderickwhitehead 5 жыл бұрын

"I had 2 Dollars in my pocket. You do the math." LOL. Tim is sorely missed.

@Pfsif 5 жыл бұрын

One of the last likable Democrat.

@nocalsteve 5 жыл бұрын

We ran out of likeable Republicans a long time ago.

@paulboy9101 5 жыл бұрын

And was from Buffalo, NY I believe.

@ltmundy5859 5 жыл бұрын

@@paulboy9101: 'Little Russ' was a proud native of the city that taught the world to enjoy deep fried chicken wings. He had recently graduated from John Carroll University, and was preparing to begin law school @ Cleveland-Marshall. His work ethic was prodigious, proudly claimed from watching his father ('Big Russ') perform 2 full time jobs during his youth. 'Give it your all. Then, give it some more.' Would make time to hear him speak whenever he would return to CLE/NEO, considering it time well spent.

@howardcitizen2471 4 жыл бұрын

@@paulboy9101 He went to college and law school in Cleveland.

@servico100 5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, even the silly needs to be remembered. Thank you, Sir.

@vincentanguoni8938 5 жыл бұрын

You think that was silly ! !!

@jaewok5G 5 жыл бұрын

who would've guessed that billy martin would be in the middle of this? … [everyone raises hands]

@sharonmullins1957 5 жыл бұрын

Thought the same, when I heard his name. Hahaha.

@katemaloney4296 4 жыл бұрын

He didn't case it, this time.

@jaewok5G 4 жыл бұрын

@J Smith I think I have his 72 card

@timhawks6101 4 жыл бұрын

Martin was the third best manager the Rangers ever had; right after Oates and Washington.

@elhombredeoro955 5 жыл бұрын

That's basically 1970s in twelve and a half minutes.

@MikeJones-rk1un 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. We enjoyed a ten cent beer night in the 70's at a local bar in Marlboro Massachusetts which also ended in a melee. The good old days.

@elhombredeoro955 5 жыл бұрын

@@MikeJones-rk1un these past few years have also been quite tumultuous for America for sure.

@MikeJones-rk1un 5 жыл бұрын

@@elhombredeoro955 No problem here. Just stay out or my country.

@MikeJones-rk1un 5 жыл бұрын

@@elhombredeoro955 El name-caller?

@JoseSanchez-wb5rz 5 жыл бұрын

More like the 70's in 12 ounces of cheap beer.

@legendarybandit1765 5 жыл бұрын

The History Guy, hands down the BEST at telling history on youtube.

@Metalbass10000 3 жыл бұрын

The best part is the song, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," being played by the stadium organist, while this huge riot, this melee, is all over the field.

@JamesBond-uz2dm Ай бұрын

The organist was savage, and very funny.

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

that was just another night of baseball at cleveland stadium.....

@wmcbarker4155 5 жыл бұрын

"they don't have enough fans, to worry about that " I quote Mr. Martin,

@dukecraig2402 5 жыл бұрын

wm c barker And he got his ass kicked for it.

@robinluck2922 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Cincinnati, graduated in 76. That quote from Billy Martin is remembered by all fans south of Columbus.... lol

@quietdignityandgrace 5 жыл бұрын

"Son, tonight you become a man. Honey, hold our beers."

@VoidHalo 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a Kids in the Hall sketch where it's a kid's birthday and as part of becoming a man, his father takes him out to a field and makes him watch as he gets blind stinking drunk and then makes the kid drive home by himself, leaving his father piss drunk in the middle of a field. Now there's a right of passage.

@PaulRudd1941 4 жыл бұрын

@@VoidHalo I swear THG comments are the highest brow humour on all of youtube.

@VoidHalo 4 жыл бұрын

@@PaulRudd1941 Definitely the among the highest brow comments in general on the internet as far as I'm concerned.

@GTSN38 4 жыл бұрын

@BC Bob I hold my beer in my belly

@andrewswift2727 5 жыл бұрын

That was great. You should do a sequel with the Chicago White Sox's Disco Demolition Night 1979.

@docjeffurious2132 5 жыл бұрын

AGREED!!!

@caturdaynite7217 5 жыл бұрын

I was at Disco Demo, it was crazy.

@IvorMektin1701 5 жыл бұрын

Steve Dahl is a real American Hero for killing disco!

@jamesricker3997 5 жыл бұрын

The funny part is the promoter who convince Cleveland to do a 10-cent beer night was also the guy who thought up disco demolition night.

@kct1975 5 жыл бұрын

TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!

@CallieMasters5000 5 жыл бұрын

It's hell when you go to a riot and a baseball game breaks out!

@jennylee9278 4 жыл бұрын

Finally something interesting happens!

@maxsmodels 5 жыл бұрын

10 cent beer, basebrawl riots, firecrakers, streakers and topless women.......I miss the 70s.

@tenhirankei 4 жыл бұрын

Don't worry about that. Remember what they say about history repeating itself!

@worddunlap 4 жыл бұрын

We have 4 of 5 here...dry county till a few years ago. Give iit time.

@tenhirankei 4 жыл бұрын

@worddunlap You still have topless women. That's what counts!

@uknowwhodontyou921 4 жыл бұрын

@@tenhirankei yes. But some of those"women" are actually"women"

@kevinhasch3097 4 жыл бұрын

How bout it? Good times!

@wulfluvr123 5 жыл бұрын

As a Clevelander and a fan of the channel, I was so excited to see this episode and you did not disappoint. I knew a guy who snuck in a keg beneath his wheelchair and another person who took an entire seat home from the stadium. Wild times.

@SuperHigear 5 жыл бұрын

Aaaah, the 60s & 70s, great times to be alive, yet my kids & grandkids still think my stories of my youth can't possibly be true 😄

@greggi47 5 жыл бұрын

Have you tried to explain the arcane attractions of Boone's Farm "wine" and the lamentation sand scandalized feelings when the price was raised from 98 cents/.bottle to $1.25?

@revenevan11 4 жыл бұрын

As a guy currently in his early 20s, I wish we could get away with even just 10% of the crazy shit (well, just the harmless fun type of stuff, I do like most of the progress that's been made on a variety of social issues but just wish that people who are just pulling a silly joke that doesn't hurt or disturb anyone wouldn't be hunted down by detectives and prosecuted like crazy) that people used to get away with lol. Please keep telling your stories, even if they make me jealous and few of us even believe them!

@jackpavlik563 2 жыл бұрын

Did you make any money trying to sell oregano as weed? I remember that as pastime.

@brandonb1681 2 жыл бұрын

My memories of a child in the 70's. "Car seats? We don't need no stinking car seats. The back of the station wagon is my playground."

@thedemartiniteam6034 3 ай бұрын

Great account of 10 cent beer night. No one has gone into so much of the background and other details of the game. Well done.

@scottwegner4232 5 жыл бұрын

This is even better than the Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 story, and that one is a gem. Thank you, History Guy!

@Kikilang60 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when Homer Simpson gave up drinking beer during baseball game. He said, "I never noticed how boring baseball was before."

@n.m.s7552 5 жыл бұрын

I'm from Cleveland, instantly clicked like when this came up in my feed!

@perrydowd9285 5 жыл бұрын

I love the range of subjects on your channel.😃

@sharonmullins1957 5 жыл бұрын

IKR? Enjoyable to see something different, than just wars.

@ralphgresham6327 5 жыл бұрын

That's the 1970's. Lived it.

@robertweldon7909 18 күн бұрын

7/8/2024 I am a native Clevelander, and was living there at the time. (I live in Atlanta now) I remember that game very well. I DID NOT attend the game. I smiled and chuckled a bit at the "streaker" stories, specially the one about the lady and the umpire, and the guy wearing one sock (there's a pun there somewhere) . The line about 2 bucks and you do the math made me laugh too'. The TV news shows had a field day doing stories about it. One station's sports caster had plenty of bad mouth about it. All in all it was a bad image of a city with an already bad image. None the less, Cleveland was, as you said, going through some very tough times. Many, like me, could not afford to go to the game, let alone brave (No pun here) the chance of being mugged on your way home. Lance, you have done a great job on this one, I only wish I could have seen it when it was brand new. ;-)

@paulhendricks1097 5 жыл бұрын

Tim Russert: I had 2 dollars in my pocket, You do the math!!

@cdjhyoung 5 жыл бұрын

Tim Russert drunk? The imagination swirls.

@TSemasFl 5 жыл бұрын

He was prolly the one with the fire crackers, lol

@inkydoug 5 жыл бұрын

For some reason "10 cent beer" and Cleveland automatically make me think of guaranteed chaos.

@popsfereal 4 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

that would have been a good night to stay the hell home

@dhession64 5 жыл бұрын

Cleveland was much improved by the time I visited there in 1981. I even took a tour cruise on the Cuyahoga River. I remember the '70s very well, and it was a depressing time. I was very young but I do remember that the papers were doing their best to make sure everyone knew just how bad it was lol........some things just don't change.

@Tunz909 2 жыл бұрын

They still do that to us. We just learn to accept it as Clevelanders.

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

i used to raft that river before the gorge park acquired the river and dam/hydropower works. ohio edison owned it then and they never bothered us. we used the old penstock pipe as a return portage and we would shoot the water again and again. the most fun was when the river was the craziest- right after a good rainstorm. that was in '72/'73 after the hydro powerhouse was demolished but the pipe was still there. if anybody from the park tried to follow us, we would just stay in the river and float on down to cuyahoga st. bridge. fun times. sorry about off-topic rant...

@262marcus 5 жыл бұрын

Being English I do not have a great understanding of Baseball, but we are no strangers to beer fuelled misbehaviour at sporting events! This was a splendid, and very amusing tale, and definitely deserves to be remembered. Well done history guy.

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

well didn't you chaps invent drinking and darts? same thing.

@bethcounard7760 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, yes they call him "the streak", fastest thing on two feet...A very interesting and chaotic time in history, thanks History Guy!

@Not_The_FBI_1992 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite baseball stories!

@dayender 5 жыл бұрын

This was the most famous 10 cent beer brawl, but they didn’t learn lessons. During the 70s and early eighties places still ran 25 cent mug nights and fights and people laying in gutters still abound. I know cause I went to them.

@popsfereal 4 жыл бұрын

Geneva on the Lake has $1 cans and mixed drinks on the week ends at Yankee's!

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

@@popsfereal i'd rather have the 10 stroh's draft beers.

@funkyzero 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most iconic baseball stories of all time... from the memorable era of being a baseball fan.

@Wrench245 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a good laugh! You took me back to my college years; one bar had "dime night," another had "any coin, any drink night," and those all generally ended in mayhem. The real chaos came when the rugby team showed up on those nights, you'd think it was a nudist convention.

@lastdomino 5 жыл бұрын

Originally from Cleveland, I was 6 years old when this took place. Great episode, THG!

@ZEZERBING 5 жыл бұрын

I was 9 from mentor. I remember that day.

@barbaramelone1043 5 жыл бұрын

I was almost 6, from Bay Village.

@jmanherejman3813 5 жыл бұрын

@@ZEZERBING 9 years old as well I from Youngstown. Remember like it was yesterday

@mt22201 5 жыл бұрын

I was 11, almost 12, from Shaker Heights.

@elwin38 5 жыл бұрын

I was also 6...was 11 when the Comiskey park disco fiasco happened.

@Gixxernz1 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's how I remember the 70's. Streaking was almost a recognized sport.

@Pfsif 5 жыл бұрын

10 beers for $1 at a sports event, what could go wrong?

@robinrodriguez480 5 жыл бұрын

Ahh just about everything!!! Hahaha 😆

@russlehman 5 жыл бұрын

Now it's ten dollars for one beer.

@centredoorplugsthornton4112 4 жыл бұрын

Limit was 6 at a time.

@popsfereal 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but, back then 10 cents was like a dollar......

@howardcitizen2471 4 жыл бұрын

$0.10 in 1974 is $0.52 in 2020

@donc9751 5 жыл бұрын

History Guy, you Sir have got to be the BEST video host, orator, speaker or commentator (take your pick or all the above and you probably have a better word for what you do!) BAR NONE on the internet and TV! I've never seen better delivery, quicker wit or greater sense of humor, no matter what the topic and I thoroughly enjoy every video you make! Your channel should be required viewing for every history class as well as journalism. Great stuff thanks again!

@wbbils7052 4 жыл бұрын

Don C. He's a rotten historian. Nixon resigned in August, 1974, not November, 1974. What does that make your review?

@Eric_Hutton.1980 5 жыл бұрын

I have heard the broadcast of this event. It has a Hindenburg Oh! The humanity feel to it.

@parkwayconcepts8758 4 жыл бұрын

Where can one find this broadcast?

@shelbybrown8312 5 жыл бұрын

Hello fellow history guy friends

@noneyourb2526 5 жыл бұрын

Sup

@CieJe.Alexander 5 жыл бұрын

How u doin'?

@mikebtrfld1705 5 жыл бұрын

In WW2 my dad was a navy officer in the Solomon Islands. One day he was being transported aboard a navy bomber loaded with beer. As they came in for a landing the copilot accidentally opened the bomb bay doors. All that beer dumped on the runway.

@KingXOreo 5 жыл бұрын

A great recap of this event. If I were a history teacher, i would definitely play your videos throughout the subject appropriate curriculum.

@billkonyha8892 5 жыл бұрын

As a season ticket holder I was at this game with my friend. The only .10 beer I got all night was spilled on me. True fans were rare, idiots were out in force. It was great to watch mounted police clear the field with cavalry like precision.

@popsfereal 4 жыл бұрын

party pooper.

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

just for that- were going to change the name of your team to 'guardians'....now straighten up!

@jeffreymcfadden9403 5 жыл бұрын

Stroh's beer,,,aka "Detroit river water". Back in the old days,,,3.2 beer was called sunday beer. In the old days you could only buy 3.2 beer on sunday in ohio,,,no 6% or liquor sales. 18 year olds could buy 3.2 beer.

@jackgrattan1447 4 жыл бұрын

I remember when P.O.C. beer was the stadium brand. P.O.C. - Piss of Cleveland.

@michaelmanning5379 4 жыл бұрын

@J Smith My dad tells me that, in his day, the slogan was "Hey Mable, Black Label!" Back in the late 80's Carling tried to rebrand Black Label as a cool, alternative and hip, the drink of young urban artists. I suspect it came out of precisely the same vat as all of Carling's homogenous products. Carling was bought by Molson's and Molson's was bought by Coors and Coors was bought by Miller.

@bigwoody4704 4 жыл бұрын

@@jackgrattan1447 some bad suds at the Old Stadium - Schmidts(made at Union & E 93rd),Gennessee,POC,Stroh's,Black Label

@jennylee9278 4 жыл бұрын

Here in KY Sundays state wide was dry. After prohibition some counties chose to stay dry. I remember when Lex allowed alcohol by the drink in restaurants on Sundays but it still took years and some counties are STILL dry. ps I used to drink Strohs beer.

@jennylee9278 4 жыл бұрын

@Scrappleton II Miller

@YYCRCFabricationz 5 жыл бұрын

As a huge Indians fan I've heard this story many times however, not once so clear nor concise as your telling of it, great job!

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

fox 8 in cleveland has the video-tape of the first 10 minutes or so- until their producer tony lolli pulled the plug. maybe you guys could somehow get it up on here.

@robertadamcik9179 5 жыл бұрын

Another native Clevelander here, I was 7 when this happened. My late uncle was an usher at Cleveland stadium and passed away the same year it was demolished.

@lrodpeterson3046 5 жыл бұрын

I have three words: Disco Demolition Night. It was Chicago's experience in raucous fandom. I was there. Email on the way.

@georgewilson7432 5 жыл бұрын

That event was peak intolerance. You would think Americans would be the first to respect others tastes, but no.

@MilwaukeeF40C 5 жыл бұрын

@@georgewilson7432 Shove off.

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

was it live on local TV, as well? 10-cent beer cent was carried live over the air on WJW-8 cleveland which was a CBS affiliate back then. it was harry jones and mudcat grant calling the game.

@user-wh1nr9rr1h 4 жыл бұрын

That was a great game. The line for the Men's room was huge. Guys were pissing out the windows on the upper decks..hahahah.

@edglunz9917 5 жыл бұрын

The History Guy Hits another Home Run with this episode. History Worth Remembering.

@bargtay 3 жыл бұрын

Native Clevelander here. I was a kid when this happened. Never knew how WILD it got! I love The History Guy!!! He really does his research!

@carlosmatos9848 4 жыл бұрын

At $8.50 a beer they shouldn't ever worry about this happening again!

@PelenTan 5 жыл бұрын

"It's not like it cost them the pennant or anything."

@ltmundy5859 5 жыл бұрын

@Tucsoncoyote 2019: CLE pays for stadium construction/renovations everyday. Cuyahoga county residents have been paying a supplemental (sin) tax on alcohol/tobacco products since '91. Gateway corp was created to publically finance/build pro sports venues, in the area just south of Public Square, the former Central Market district. Gateway's authority expanded in the immediate aftermath of the football team's move to Baltimore in '95. Memorial Stadium was demolished to make way for the new Browns stadium, as prerequisite for CLE to receive the expansion/replacement franchise in '99. You can visit the remains of the old stadium: Fishing or scuba charters to the offshore drop sites in Lake Erie. Don't forget to bring your dime.

@popsfereal 4 жыл бұрын

@Tucsoncoyote 2019 Well, they tore that one down a long time ago.

@omelborpon3159 3 жыл бұрын

@@ltmundy5859 Thank you (sincerely) for that history. CLE, as a city, was truly pissed when the Browns (sans the Browns name) moved to Baltimore. True fans!

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

but it almost cost them the cellar

@tommurphy4307 Ай бұрын

@@omelborpon3159 you know- they felt so back for the people of cleveland- they made art modell leave the team name and colors behind. when the chargers left san diego- the NFL told us "tough shit- get a socker, lacrosse, or rugby team".

@lrq7927 5 жыл бұрын

This sums up Cleveland better than anyone could have. I'm from Cleveland & remember this event. I haven't had such a good laugh in a long while! Thanks History Guy! :)

@dantecorradi4629 Жыл бұрын

Happy 49th Anniversary of Ten Cent Beer Night! ⚾️🍻😎

@beardoggin8963 5 жыл бұрын

My local farm league had $1 PBR 16 ounce drafts one night... mayhem ensued! Cannot imagine 10cent beers

@hagamapama 5 жыл бұрын

$1 today is roughly the same value as 10 cent was back then. In the 70s you could get a cheap bear for 25 cents in a lot of places.

@kevinconrad6156 5 жыл бұрын

Correct, gas was about a quarter for a gallon back than making a $1 beer compare to an 10cent beer.

@memathews 5 жыл бұрын

I think I was making about $2.40/hr as a Teamster college summer hire working the loading docks in 1974, so $.10 was a deal then but not as insane as it sounds today.

@deadfreightwest5956 5 жыл бұрын

@@hagamapama - More like $0.52, but that's still 10% or less than what beer costs at a ballpark these days.

@deadfreightwest5956 5 жыл бұрын

@@kevinconrad6156 - Then, as now, gasoline was cheaper than water.

@Peasmouldia 5 жыл бұрын

Apart from the beer price, this would have constituted a normal home game for Millwall FC in the 1970s.

@jasong428 5 жыл бұрын

So do a video about it...

@mmclaurin8035 5 жыл бұрын

Not something to brag about

@Peasmouldia 5 жыл бұрын

@@mmclaurin8035 Mere statement of fact.

@assrammington7961 9 ай бұрын

@@Peasmouldiasoccer (footie) is gay and the players are more effeminate than most American women

@GrowthCurveMarketing 5 жыл бұрын

Another reason why this modestly produced series is one of THE BEST on the internet. Only the combination of erudite/funny/droll of our esteemed host could pull this off. Thank you so much!

@mohammedcohen Ай бұрын

...I LOVE this cautionary tale!!!

@roxismith6122 5 жыл бұрын

Ah, the 70s! We were wacky kids in those days!

@dumbbo1 5 жыл бұрын

Roxi Smith The 80s weren’t too far behind. When they attempted to ban smoking at my school, a bunch of students went up the hill and tore down the “Pittston Area Patriots” sign that had stood there for years. Thankfully it wasn’t the 90s and later when kids suddenly turned into Neo from “The Matrix” and came to school loaded for bear. Yikes!

@johnpaparella7345 5 жыл бұрын

I miss the old stadium! The last time I was there I was with the love of my life, Stephanie. I miss her more.

@learnpianofastonline 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this! I grew up in Cleveland and I was 9 years old at the time.

@wmcwings4343 5 жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoy your sometimes obscure looks into our past as history truly does need to be remembered! Thank you.

@BobO-gr8jg 5 жыл бұрын

This can only end well

@LaGuerre19 5 жыл бұрын

Today alone, among others, I've watched videos of yours on the USS Pennsylvania, Dandelions, and the Ten-cent Beer Night Riot. Can I just take a moment to say how great your channel is? Thank you! History deserves to be remembered.

@ryanrusch3976 5 жыл бұрын

This is what I love about history, its so broad that there is endless material

@brooklynsoccerclub Ай бұрын

This is a great account of the event! Thank you!

@Starphot 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, and I do remember Billy Martin! This incident was a part of the malaise of the 1970's, worth forgetting.

@timmmahhhh 5 жыл бұрын

Another bizarre feature with 1974, a few incidents of which you noted at this game, was the phenomenon of streaking. I was only 7 in 1974 but heard and recorded a 1983 Dr. Demento show of songs on the subject.

@theuglybiker 5 жыл бұрын

DON'T LOOK, ETHEEEEELLLLL!!!!!!!!!!

@timmmahhhh 5 жыл бұрын

@@theuglybiker "but it was too late, she got mooned.". Yep The Streak by Ray Stevens was by far the most famous song to come out of that craze.

@johnnygray1122 4 жыл бұрын

I remember that game. Thanks for the reminder. Great job on it. I had never heard the quote, "I got 2 dollar in my pocket. You do the math." I laughed out loud at that one.

@wehaveasituation Ай бұрын

I was there, front and center, and I can say that you've provided an excellent synopsis of the bizarre event..

@bwayne40004 5 жыл бұрын

A great follow up someday would be the Disco Demolition Night at Cominsky Park.

@bobhunt4402 5 жыл бұрын

@2manynegativewaves You know this how? Were you in the room when Disco Demolition Night was planned? Way too many KZfaq commenters insist everything that happens is about race or politics. Give it a rest already.

@condorboss3339 5 жыл бұрын

0:07 - 0:10 - Hate to nitpick, but Nixon resigned in August, not November, 1974.

@tacoheadmakenzie9311 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was 14 and remember it happening during summer vacation.

@thereaperfiles899 4 жыл бұрын

August 9th, 1974 to be exact.

@markmannix1141 4 жыл бұрын

He was on a roll

@Tunz909 2 жыл бұрын

@@thereaperfiles899 I was packing up a UHaul truck at my mom's house and heading out to Boston to go to college that same night.

@baronvonnembles Ай бұрын

@@thereaperfiles899 At noon to be exacter.

@bigmac85987 5 жыл бұрын

My dad was there! He just watched the chaos unfurl as the night went on. Your account here matches the story I’ve heard for years.

@darthcat6337 4 жыл бұрын

Such a great story teller. The first time I watched this episode was with a friend. We laughed hard watching it several times because of our laughter. The History Guy must have had to restart the recording from enjoying the telling. So much fun for us and I am sure fun for you,

@N-Scale 5 жыл бұрын

Alcohol causing problems? I have never heard anything so ridiculous. Mike

@tomfindley3687 5 жыл бұрын

Now UGA wants to sell beer during Georgia Bulldogs games.

@robertmoulton2656 5 жыл бұрын

That's a fact

@russellmooneyham3334 5 жыл бұрын

Better ban all people! Lol

@scotthaskin1509 5 жыл бұрын

And that's when beer went from $.10 to $8.00!

@russellmooneyham3334 5 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@pyrokingnova 5 жыл бұрын

Wow my b-day was the anniversary of the teams previous brawl...sitting in the hospital this definitely put a smile on my face...you are awesome history guy!

@jiveturkey9993 5 жыл бұрын

I am completely blown away that this guy can make a next to perfect 10 minute video as humanly possible everyday.

@jaimejohnesee 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another interesting and well researched video. ^_^

@apparition111 5 жыл бұрын

Bravo. Great coverage on what happened. I was 19 and loved beer and from Cleveland. You do the math !

@330FoeSho 5 жыл бұрын

Well from everything I've gathered about North East Ohio from growing up here this sounds exactly like something that would happen given the circumstances. The way it was told made the already funny story hilarious to me thinking about us people here. Well told sir! Subbed!

@ericreif2178 5 жыл бұрын

Crazy! I was only two years old when this happened. People really took their sports seriously back then. Keep em coming.

@libertyforever4270 5 жыл бұрын

Publicly financed sports stadiums at their best.

@beardoggin8963 5 жыл бұрын

Your tax dollars at work!

@libertyforever4270 5 жыл бұрын

@Tucsoncoyote 2019 , 10 cent 3.5% no limit beer and grenade launchers? ... Hmmm. ... I'm in!

@bigwoody4704 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutelty,I was there for the game Joe Turkey" Jones almost broke Bradshaw's neck.And Lenny Barkers perfect game.I wished I had kept the programs

@davidharris6581 5 жыл бұрын

Tom Grieve, went on to be General Manager of the Rangers still does the color commentary for Rangers games.

@lrq7927 18 күн бұрын

Classic Cleveland. Love that town.

@csnide6702 3 ай бұрын

I remember this and regret not being there !

@solideogloria9320 5 жыл бұрын

i can remember this being on the front page of the cleveland plain dealer for a week.

@ltmundy5859 5 жыл бұрын

Bill Jacocks reporting live from CLE stadium for WEWS' 11 o'clock news. Rumors abound that he drew straws with Ted Henry and Dave Patterson for the privilege (think he lost.) Arrived home from the game, just in time to see live news reports from the home(brewed) riot. Look on mom's face as we walked through the door said it all: Dad is sleeping on the couch tonight. Lucky he didn't end up in the dog's house....

@phillipjones3342 5 жыл бұрын

I remember most of this so funny yet amazing thanks for the memory

@taylorwest6986 5 жыл бұрын

To those like me who were wondering, a six pack of beer in 1974 cost $2.30. So, the deal was almost four (3.8) beers for the price of one.

@yankeechuck 5 жыл бұрын

My father took me to this game. I was 11 at the time. By the 4th inning he saw how out of control things were getting so we left. I remember listening to the game on the radio on our way back home and hearing how crazy it was.

@jamesdelaney3797 4 жыл бұрын

Indians manager: "I need a naked pinch runner to steal second. " Cleveland fan: "Hold my beer" Sorry, couldn't resist

@dcviper985 5 жыл бұрын

I wish you had mentioned that Ranger Mike Hargrove later lead the Tribe to several World Series in the 90s...

@ssbeebs 5 жыл бұрын

Hargrove Was A Bum.... Never Managed To Win WS.... By The Book Mgr. Cost US Tribe Fans A Least 2 WS WINS !!! Worst Manager EVER With The BEST Talent Indians Teams EVER !!

@popsfereal 4 жыл бұрын

@@ssbeebs What have you done with your meager existence? If he was a bum, you're a twat.

@kevinvilmont6061 Ай бұрын

Billy Martin, being at the middle of it just makes it perfect😊

@c.ranger4748 5 жыл бұрын

You are great at doing these videos--so much better than anything on television today! Thank you.

@docclabo6350 5 жыл бұрын

Please do an episode on Disco Demolition Night too!

@TheHistoryGuyChannel 5 жыл бұрын

David Clabault the next game to be forfeited. Very likely will.

@mikemills69 5 жыл бұрын

Cleveland Rocks!

@irishdogclock 2 жыл бұрын

"There was no question that beer played a part in the riot." - American League President Lee MacPhail. "Rangers manager Billy Martin added to the fuel...", nice touch, History Guy.

@cameronjenkins6748 5 жыл бұрын

I liked this video as soon as it started because this is such a hilarious piece of history and you always do a great job telling these stories.

@jackgrattan1447 5 жыл бұрын

This was back when Cleveland rocked.

@popsfereal 4 жыл бұрын

Still does. Visit sometime. Better than ever.

@jackgrattan1447 4 жыл бұрын

@@popsfereal We must be living in two different Clevelands.

@popsfereal 4 жыл бұрын

@@jackgrattan1447 You must live in Kamm's Corners, haha.

@jackgrattan1447 4 жыл бұрын

@@popsfereal Close. I'm originally from the W. 100th and Lorain area. But that was in the late '50s when it was still white.

@popsfereal 4 жыл бұрын

@@jackgrattan1447 lol.

@Iamacardinalfan 4 жыл бұрын

Love that picture at 8 and half minutes. I don't think it's Cleveland when it says in the outfield. "This is Braves Country" Love the history either way, keep up the good work.

@jakethesnake1366 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you're right. Braves fan here, that image is Turner Field in Atlanta.

@lee_katiesalisbury5881 5 жыл бұрын

Best history lesson ever. Great stuff. Love it! Just kept getting better as it went.

@KlodFather 4 жыл бұрын

@The History Guy - I was actually at the place in Cleveland LTV works where the Cuyahoga river fire happened. I met the man who was in charge at that time and was the safety director for LTV. He told me the story of the railroad bridge I was standing on above the river being what was actually on fire... There is a story here and it deserves to be remembered and told.