Great new YouTube video on the Chicago White Sox’ Disco Demolition night – the brainchild of Mike Veeck (of baseball’s maverick Veeck family). The event – intended to put Disco in its place – was held on July 12, 1979, at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. Basically, a crate filled to with disco records (ah, the days of vinyl) was to be blown up on the field between games of a twi-night doubleheader (remember scheduled doubleheaders?) between the White Sox and the Tigers. The result was far from what the White Sox expected – ending with records flying everywhere, fans storming the field, the riot police being called in to restore order and the White Sox forfeiting game-two of the twin bill.
The very entertaining video tells the full story. Just click the link below.
