10 Cent Beer Night: The Most Chaotic Night in Baseball History
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9:00 Actually, the legal age to drink was 18 back in the 70s, it was bumped to 21 during the 1980s
Rusty Ralston Ah the 70s a much simpler time when you can beat your kids,bring a gun to an airport,cities look like modern day Detroit,and you can smoke inside.
Although 18 - 20 year olds were limited to 3.2% beer. But, drink enough of it and it would still screw you up.
The legal drinking age was raised to 21 from 18 in 1984.
I know it was raised to 21 sometime in the mid-70s in Minnesota. My mom is from that state, and considering she had already turned 21 by that point, she found it to be strange at the time.
Just to clarify, in Ohio it is still legal to consume alcohol as a minor if served by your parent or legal guardian.
That move by Randle was definitely more than just “a hit with his forearm”
He straight up body checked him.
Back when baseball was more violent than hockey
Three years later Randle would punch out his own manager during spring training. So I agree.
It was cool you got your friends to drink a bunch of beer before reading the Wikipedia page too.
Ah it's a competitor to secret base I'm cool with it
JOMBOY needs to do a breakdown on this lol
JakeTheSnake yes
@@danielquiroz4802 how do we tell him..u got his email?
JakeTheSnake idk go to his comment section
@Jon O him n Jake did a segment on it on their laugh's from the past thing I didn't kno about
Whole situation deserves a dam son.
Yeah. Don’t sell beer for 10¢ that’s pretty obvious.
I loved every millisecond of this video
I knew about 10-cent beer night, but I did not know that factoid about Rusty Torres. There have been only five forfeits in MLB since 1955, and Rusty Torres was involved in three of them!
Sam West now that’s a huge baseball stat there..I never heard that one before
@@chocolatechipslime He was involved in 10 Cent Beer Night, Disco Demolition Night, and the Washington Senators last game (before they moved to become the Texas Rangers).
2 ppl reacting to Wikipedia. “Dude, Bro” over text on white background. Yikes- IMO this actually made it banal, and to seem less insane than it was.
Neither Oscar Gamble nor Jeff Burroughs were even close to Hall of Fame consideration, but the Rangers' starter that evening, Fergusen Jenkins was a Hall of Famer. This vid is basically clueless and can't begin to describe what happened. I was there. I'll fill in a few details. First, the Tribe had just played the Rangers in Arlington a couple days before and there was a nasty brawl in that one. Bad blood was already in the air. It was a hot and particularly sweltering evening and the large crowd--probably 40K at least, compared to the usual 5K--were already pounding the cheap beer in the first inning. The grizzled great, Gaylord Perry at that very point in the season was 16-0, and after the Riot immediately reversed course, though starting the all-star game, and didn't even win twenty. And that particular year of 1974 was also the fad of Streaking--naked runs everywhere. And this began occurring on the field in the early innings and increased throughout the game. There were some really outrageous incidents. The security was absurdly inadequate--just the ol' rent-a-cop security guys. Also there was a lot of fireworks--strings of firecrackers thrown into the Texas dugout! And cherry-bomb air blasts. And yes, hall of famer Fergusen Jenkins took a comeback--but it wasn't to the chest, but right on the package--and the whole place gave a lusty roar. It wasn't that bad, however, and he kept pitching. The umpires for some unknown reason completely capitulated to the crowd and the increasing trespasses onto the field by all sorts of fans. They stopped trying to maintain the basic rules. For example, after the fifth or sixth inning there was a sort of game between innings being played where a hundred or so kids would flood onto the outfield from the left field pole and sprint across the outfield and all climb out by the right field pole. And in the bottom of the ninth, with the Tribe actually coming back and making it a great game, the Texas manager, the infamous Billy Martin, knew perfectly well that a forfeit goes to the visiting team. And since there were actual fans on the field--in right field where some of the runners had decided to just hang out by the pole. And then several actually came up behind the Ranger right fielder--and reigning MVP--Jeff Burroughs, and were actually trying to snatch his hat. The ultimate insanity of that whole night and event was really seen right there--the umps had been so worn down over the long game and its ever increasing course of outrageous behavior by the fans that they were actually allowing the fans to tease the right fielder on the field! The umps weren't going to stop it! It was just "play ball," and had been for a few innings. But right then Billy Martin picked up a bat and called "Charge!" and the entire Texas dugout exploded in a bat-wielding brotherhood of an ass-kicking rescue, heading for right field. It was so dramatic--and the Indians' dugout exploded right out almost simultaneously. And within two seconds a huge wave of fans surged onto the field from all sides. And while I had been walking around the stadium and sitting in other spots during the game, at that final moment I was right in the first row, first base side right by the Indians dugout. And I was right over the rail and heading for the mound. Duke Sims had been a catcher for the Tribe and was now a back-up for the Rangers. And here he was on the mound as I arrived, wrestling and punching--baseball style fighting--some fan. And some ol' waddling security guard was there, and no surprise, recognized Sims. "Duke, Duke, no...Duke." And Gaylord Perry appeared, towering over the fray on the mound, very much Angry Dad. There really wasn't anything to take, except the bases. The dugouts were not approached. And pretty quickly mounted police were storming onto the field, the horses a bit more wild-eyed than the usual stroll in the park. And since there really wasn't any venom in the mob, no actual Cause or anger, the "rioting" subsided pretty quickly--15 minutes tops--and then there was just straggles of fans being ordered off the field by the arriving police. I was 15 at the time, it was a blast.
Attendance that night was 25,134, which as you said was way higher than the Tribe usually drew for a weeknight game in those days. It was actually the best crowd the Tribe had drawn on a weeknight in nearly two years. My uncle was there that night- he didn't even know about the promotion until he heard about it on the radio while driving to the game. He figured he'd get a couple of cheap beers before he took his seat in the bleachers (bleacher seats were 50 cents a pop that year) but forgot that idea when he saw the lines to the beer trucks. He ended up leaving in the 3rd inning- he was actually there to watch a baseball game and didn't like the way things were going with the crowd. Of course, he wasn't alone- Ted Bonda, one of the Indians' owners, got the hell out of there a couple of innings later. It was just fitting that Billy Martin was in the house that night- you couldn't have a drunken baseball riot without Billy Martin.
an interesting story - however, the idea of having the primary narrator learning about the incident for the first time be someone who quickly becomes bored with reading about it, blah, blah, blah (perhaps after having a few "comp" "10-cent" beers on the producer, himself, as noted by Kevin Maryles below) & who struggles with English words describing the topic of the story (inebriated) wasn't a much better idea than 10-cent beer night itself -- I blame the "director" tho, not the inebriated & horribly annoying primary narrator -- "HELL YEA, read off your computer and get free beer," what could go wrong...............................................
Cool video but it wouldve been easier to follow if the people reacting were a bit more intelligent.
Cool mister 200 IQ
@@drboneman - Even carrots are smarter than those imbeciles LOL
I want to make a movie about this, probably a comedy.
I think I heard that they hired a bunch of teenage girls to man the beer booths, but luckily they all took off before it got real bad
If you knew the back or main story of the health of Cleveland the city from 1972-1974 would help understand their aggression.
1:34 Looks like an Australian shot of beer cans as Victoria Beer is our favourite beer. Also there’s a Coke Zero can at the bottom 😂
This needs to be covered in an episode of "Drunk History" on Comedy Central!
The next baseball video, do the Disco Demolition Night 😂 also make it a long video pls
It's a Chicago legend! 😁
So did your friends do any kind of rehearsal for this at all? Maybe too many beers rhis time too? This was pretty awful. BTW, with any kind of research, you would have known the seats in Municipal Stadium were made of wood then so they could do some pretty serious damage.
This needs to be made into a movie. I'd see it day one
Unless it's a documentary, don't expect support from both the MLB & their respective player's union. 🤨
Holy crap...this is Malice at the Palace but way earlier and with way more drunk fans...got it but wow 0o0
Bottle party, 10 cent beer night, and the great balloon release. Cleveland has one hell of a record LOL
Lol the balloon thing was a mistake
No wonder they were called "Mistake By The Lake". 😅
4:48 ya really had to check what “inebriated” meant?
1:46 Promotion. The word you're looking for is Promotion.
I wish I was there. Being drunk as shit and causing havoc with thousands of people sounds great lol
Oh, yeah. Social event of the decade. 😅
Is Ohio even real?
Nope, it’s just a government conspiracy
Midevil Deth Kitens nah that’s Wyoming
Sounds like an old vsauce video
Ohio is real and so are the finer specimens that make the news and are legends on RUclips. Do some homework... some of the weirdest and most bizarre bungholes ever to have been hatched or crawl the earth originated there.... Ohio is a great state but their dark underbelly and bottom feeders are also just as legendary LOL
worse than disco demolition?
Yes
They were special :D
I LOVE CLEVELAND. Riot at a baseball game. Riot at a football game. They don't mess around!!!
Hey just out of curiosity when is the baseball in Puerto Rico or Canada video gonna drop you said a week from today in the DR video a month ago
Greatest game in Baseball history! Hockey wasn't even that violent and unruly back then. And that's saying something! Never before or since has a sports event seen a game like that night in this country. But go to a soccer match in another country and it's just another day in the park.
Didn’t like this video format at all. Much rather just have you narrate it
I was there and trashed both dugouts and also threw their popcorn machine off the roof !!! 💪💪💪
You only had to be 18 to drink in that city
Who would have thought pennies cheap beer night at the park could turn bad 🤣
Let me explain something to your boys it was 1974 in Cleveland Ohio. I was a 17 year old heading into my senior year of high school. Cleveland was a highly charged racially divided city at that time. And so much more went on that you were not reporting on. I was there only because it was dime beer and it was the 70s. Unless she lived through the late 60s early 70s you don’t understand what things were like. Luckily we escaped before the swat team was called in. And as I came home walked into the door my father looked at me and said only you could go to baseball game and it end up in a riot. PS many people say they were at this game but I actually was by happenstance. I remember the game but the three friends I came with I do not. 48 years have gone by.
So you mean to tell me that Cleveland had this 10 cent beer night, Browns Bottle gate scandal, and riots and fires started in the city when LeBron James took his talents to South Beach? Wild
The funny thing is that the Indians tried 10 cent beer night again just 1 month after the incident. This time they had increased security and a limit of two 10 cent beer tickets the 2nd time around.
Mike Wack 67 yeah... he kinda said that in the video bud.
Wow, good thing it was only 3.2 beer!
If it would have been 10 cent joint night. It would have been a different story.
@Rusty Shackleford I would've ate every hot dog they sold for 3 bucks and drank every 5 dollar beer. They would've made a killing. They wouldn't even need to play a game.
The crowd would have been "mellow" if there was such a thing as joint night.
The Rangers *NEED* to do this tonight. I'm positive the team is going to do nothing & lay an egg like they always do when this crap happens. Screw it; chaos. Full capacity. If there are fewer than 18k fans in the building tonight we have failed as an organization. If fewer than 10k are hammered by the end of the 1st period, same thing. Make these guys hate New York.
Heavily intoxicated is a common occurance in Cleveland sports down through the years.Two things where Cleveland fans are champions in are beer consumption and swearing.
Can't leave out Columbus Ohio either. They're notorious for swearing n being drunk. That's why everyone hates Ohio State n hates Columbus.
Don't forget losing.
And yes, the Dave Duncan that had to be restrained from going after a fan in Arlington the week before, is the same Dave Duncan that would become the legendary pitching coach for Tony LaRussa with the White Sox, A's and Cardinals.
Too think Cleveland has 2 situations like this in which we had Bottle Gate for the Browns
Bottle gate is pretty tame compared to any of baseballs disasters like 10 cent beer or disco demolition
The media reported that it was "mostly peaceful."
Well more peaceful than Antifa riots LOL
They kinda had to. Who's going to buy tickets to see bad baseball AND risk having a chair hurled at them?
Right, peaceful like Capitol Hill on 1/6/21. 😩
Lmao as an Ohio native and Indians fan I’ve been told about these a lot from family.
They were real... and lots of other crazy BS also LOL
I wished that they find the lost recording of the riot.
@@jaxking904 imagine how unreal it would look like. 2 opposing teams joining forces against the rioting fans, damn I wish they would find the recordings
Wow ten cent beer and a two dollar ticket and your set the night.
Great idea, gotta love the 70s.
A ball team need do this I pick Marlins because one Miami, two franchise need some real entertainment
I fear firearms might be involved, thanks to their Far-Right governor. ☠️
That was a bit of a mess, yes. But erm... calling this a disaster... then you probably don't want to look up the Heizel drama or Hillsborough disasters in European soccer history. Or the soccer war in Central America. Baseball is so innocent...
I honestly would've paid a $100 to go to that night 😂😂😂😂
Worth every penny. 💵
This is incredible
I want the regular guy
I remember when this happened. Of course it involved the Rangers & Indians. Five years later was “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey. The 1970’s were wild.
Congrats on 100k
They might have these stolen bases in their garages. 10 cent beer 🍺 night was a total disaster!! It had to been much worse than what we saw and heard in this video.
Man that would have been fun to go to that game......unfortunately I was not alive.
The parties in the movies like Revenge Of The Nerds.... you have seen them? They were real. I was there LOL. Drunken mobs, naked women. Crazy bullshit you cant imagine. My dad came to pick me up at one of those college parties and my physics professor with a hot blonde under his arm offered my dad a hit on his blunt and some vodka. And that game was one hell of an event. You young ones have no idea how much freedom we have lost since WW2. Its mindblowing. When the police showed up they made sure no one was getting hurt then told you they were off at 10 PM and were coming to join the party HA HA HA.
The drinking age was 18 at that time. This was a result of the Viet Nam war: it was reasoned, by enough people, that if an 18yr old could be sent into combat, they deserved the right to vote & purchase alcohol. So… There’s a pretty big difference in the maturity level & judgement of an 18yr old youth & a 21yr old, at least there used to be. That was a major factor. That & the fact that Cleveland had recently lost thousands of factory & industrial jobs leaving workers in the lurch & in a surly mood. So welcome 20,000+ pissed off & frustrated Indians fans & teenagers into one place a provide them with practically free alcohol……
Come on this guy is a native American and can't read English? I lived in Worcester/ MA from 2001 to 2005 but I am Brazilian, I was 7 years old when I went to USA and when I came back I was 10 years old, but I can write, read, talk and understand perfectly the language. That's a shame what it's happening with education everywhere.
Way to take a very interesting story and make it a slog to sit through. Video started out fine. Having your friends “react” to a Wikipedia reading is, dull. They are not engaging. They’re not informing. In short, you wasted enough of my time and I’m not watching anymore.
I like your vids but asking "Laurel & Hardy" to narrate the majority of this story is atrocious. Some would liked to have known the details without hearing "blah blah blah" because apathy is the only word he seems to care about aside from himself.......
The early photograph of all those beer and soda cans looks staged to me... Aluminum cans had pull-tabs until 1975. I remember collecting them in grade school to make a classroom chain that was hundreds of feet long. (Back then, public school teachers had to be more creative in how to waste kids education time...) I call BS on that photo.
The Great Beer Putsch of 1974
Good one. 😆
10 cent beer night sounds like the greatest night ever. What a story mike haha.
Classic
Wonder what being pelted with hot dogs felt like? 😅
If only they combined Ten Cent Beer Night with Disco Demolition Night!
...sounds like they were spiking the beer with the white lightening called 'Strip n' Go Nekkid'...
Giving onions and Texans basically free beer? What could possibly go wrong?
Not as raucous as Chicago's "Disco Demolition Night", but it ranks up there as one of the grandest embarrassments in pro sports. ⚾
...wait until 'free blunt night'....no one will watch the game they'll all be dozing...
Drinking age was 18 at that point I believe.
What was worse, this or the night they burned disco records?
People were going on the field and stealing the bases LOL I dont now what was worse disco demolition or 10 cent beer night
FYI- the legal age to drink beer in 1974 was 18.
You just know the umps had to get in on that beer tho
9:03 in 1974 a lot of states the age to drink was 18
Every MLB team should have learned from this but the dodgers DID NOT they had a baseball give away night and of the 45,000 balls given away the fans threw 40,000 back onto the field and the game was forfeited when they could not get the fans to quit. So only 5,000 fans got baseballs out of the 45,000 given at the entrance to the game. No they didn't turn into the hulk from drinking beer, they just got STOOPID and went berserk. As far as the chains and clubs and knives that was because they didn't have security like today and when they opened the stadium they just hung the chains on the fence and anyone walking by could take them. This was a total Charlie Foxtrot (CF Cluster Fuk) from the start and they should have played the game without fans or either Ejected all of the fans when it first got started and finished the game without them.
The part you did not bring up is there were probably a lot of guns there that night also... But no one got shot. Crazy and drunk, they were all responsible gun owners LOL
One can imagine if today there was $1.00 a beer night.
"Here's ten dollars. I'll have a hundred beers, thanks"
I know Larry McCoy the home plate umpire from this game
Only in Cleveland
Alcohol: because no good story starts with a salad
19 was actually legal to drink back then just an fyi
...why do folk steel shit during riots in a city???
"We dont know what they were doing for 9 innings"...uhhh, drinking?
White Sox did one better with Disco Demolition night.
When this happend you could drink and smoke at 18
Of course rse it’s a rangers game.
50 years ago today(6/4/24).
Jack F'n Brohamer dudes!
Gotdamn sad when 5$ can't even buy you a beer at today's games
Don't forget Disco Demolition in Detroit.
"Disco sucks".
Omg
Who is here becouse of the big boss video?
Hell yeah, Cleveland
The first gotcha hat
I thought Rusty Torres was Ted Bundy for a sec
Of course it’s in Cleveland
Viccy Bitters
This would have never happened in Cincinatti.
What, a Championship? 🤣🏆
This is the baseballs version of the malice at the palace
Yooo
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