Perhaps not the wildest, but the most famous incident of fans rushing the field, was the 1908 Fred Merkle "boner" at the Polo Grounds. At that time, ushers opened the gates at the end of the game and invited the fans onto the field. Merkle was a 20 year old NY Giants bench warmer who was called on to pinch run at first base. Bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, men on first and third, Giants vs. Cubs in late September. Al Bridwell hit a long single to the wall, and Merkle lit out for the clubhouse in center field as he had been doing off the bench all season, to avoid the fans rushing the field. In doing so, he did not touch second base, the play was not completed, and in all the chaos that ensued, the game was declared a tie, to be replayed if needed. It was needed, as the Cubs and Giants tied for first. The Cubs won the replayed game, and the Giants lost the pennant. Fred Snodgrass, Giants center fielder, recounts the event in Lawrence Ritter's famous oral history "The Glory of their Times". It was a much more genteel time, no players were mauled, and the field was never torn up.
There's an even earlier incident of rushing the field that wasn't mentioned here: the 1917 Fenway Park Gamblers Riot. On June 16, 1917, about 300 spectators at a game between the Red Sox and White Sox invaded the field in the 5th inning. There was a drizzling rain, and they had previously been shouting "Call the game!" for an inning or so. These fans had bet on the Red Sox, and wanted the game called for rain before it became official so they wouldn't lose their money. The players were run off the field (there was actually violence against some White Sox players), but the game was later resumed and the White Sox won 7-2.
Another, earlier one was the direct cause of “Merkle’s Boner” (old term for mistake, not an erection). During the September 23rd, 1908 game between the Giants and the Cubs, Giants fans rushed the field after they believed they had won the game and put themselves into the World Series. The winning run scored, but Fred Merkle, who was on first base, saw the fans flooding the field and turned to head to the dug out, never touching second. Cubs player Johnny Evers noticed this, and managed to get a baseball (it may not have been the actual game ball) and touched second. Since rules stated that a run could not count if the third out was made, and Evers touching second was the third out, meaning the game was still tied. They ended up replaying the game later on and the Cubs won.
Please take this constructive criticism bro, turn down that music. I can barely hear you and its like I got some girl falling asleep to tiktok next to me.
horns go BERR DA DDAAAAA. yeah it's too intense and too loud. I used to be a audio engineer in a past life - here's a protip: normalize/compress your vocal and background tracks separately. then, set your background track to _at least_ 20dB below your vocal track. with high intensity music, like you used, you may need to go even lower. listen to your mix on both monitors, over-the-ear headphones, and ear buds before you finalize (assuming you don't have flat studio monitors, which would be my ultimate recommendation).
I genuinely appreciate any feedback. I’d be a jabroni if I can’t make adjustments to help people enjoy these videos more. I uploaded a new video this week and significantly lowered the music audio. If you get a chance, let me know if it’s better on your end. Thanks!
Yeah this is terribly mixed. Another vote for reducing the music volume. No one wants to hear most royalty free music to begin with let alone up front and center overtop of the narration of what we really want to hear.
Several of these older, original stadiums, fans in the bleachers were allowed to walk on the field after a game to exit the stadium. Game 5 of 73 was the first MLB game I ever went to.
I remember walking on the warning track at Yankee stadium back in about 1967. They would open the gates and let you get to the other side of the stadium that way, this wasn't the bleachers, but the box seats at field level.
In 1980, I recall watching the Phillies win the World Series over the Royals at Veterans Stadium, and on TV seeing the mounted police with mean guard dogs to deter fans from rushing the field. It was the Phillies' first World Series championship, so undoubtedly the fans were poised to release years of pent-up frustration. However, it appears that the deterrent actions of the police to thwart fans from rushing the field began to lead to the decline of such incidents.
10¢ beer night in Cleveland? That's an even worse promotion than bat night at Yankee Stadium in the 1970s. Giving free full sized Louisville sluggers to 30,000 people in the South Bronx.
@@gordonfreligh1182 Wow--I was there with my brothers and got one of those free bats days too, I got that model too, along with a Roy White, and Reggie Jackson model back in 78-or 79.
The Indians had done previous similar cheap beer promotions without incident. The tension from the previous game with the Rangers combined with oceans of cheap alcohol being consumed just turned that particular game into a dumpster fire.
It's bc ppl think the gov is their buddy. They traded freedom for false security. White supremacists don't exist. If they were out there, the news would find them. We only have fake racism and Hatian culture denial.
@@AlbertRemodels Yeah all these people were boomers. In their 20's in the late 60's, 70's and early 80s is exactly the baby boom generation of post ww2
The 70's and 80's were a wild time in part because the economy was so bad, violent crime was high, and life was hard for a lot of people. They were very motivated to act out like this as a release given the life they had to lead (not to mention how many of the people storming the field and rioting were violent criminals themselves!). Along with leagues cracking down on storming the field, life getting better in the subsequent years certainly helped take the edge off of the fans as well.
The first time I ever saw a perfect security display to avoid the on field rush by fans was the 1980 World Series. Philadelphia fans were (are?) notorious for their stadium demeanor, but the Philly PD were the first police department ever to show up prior to the ninth inning with horseback cops in tow, to say to the fans, no, not tonight! And no fans entered the field after the Phillies won their first championship.
That's probably for the best...I mean forget the Cubs not winning the World Series since 1908 (at the time), the poor Phillies took 97 years to win even their first one! The fans if given a tenth of a chance would've half destroyed Veterans Stadium in celebration!
Running on the field is extremely rare in Japanese baseball. The field itself is treated like a sacred shrine. A ground that demands respect. To step on it when not being on a team, umpiring crew, or groundskeeping crew is to bring dishonor.
@@J.C... Indeed they are. My mom encouraged me to drink more beer so I'll have maximum flow. She'll be in the stands cheering me on. The best mom in the world right there.
I think it's actually similar in the States-- pro fields are almost reverenced by most...which is why it was such a big deal when, on rare occasion (like a championship), a fan(s) were/are permitted on the field.
I'm not that old but I remember going to a Dodger game at Dodger Stadium in 1996. On a foul ball down the line in left field, I saw a fan sitting in the first row hop the low railing, scoop up the ball like a second baseman, then hop back over the railing, and sit in his seat like nothing happened. Granted this was the first full year four baseball since the strike of 1994 (144 games in 1995), and I do remember that baseball was really suffering with poor attendance, so they wouldn't kick you out unless you really asked for it, but it didn't seem strange that no one threw him out of the game or no usher came down to even talk to him. The problem with zero tolerance rules is that all common sense goes out the window. This guy didn't hurt anyone, he didn't stop the game, he just got a souvenir and got right back over the railing. There was no reason to kick him out and the game was a lot better when it was informal like that.
If there's one thing this excellent video taught me about the history of major league baseball, it's that the hatred for disco music led to more violence than even free beer did!
Lisa's husband, Andy here. Hi, I'm a huge baseball fan from England. Wow! and I thought our football/soccer fans were lively during this era. 😁👍Great video.
As a kid I went to Wrigley Field a lot. There was no "basket" then. They installed that fence around the outfield to keep people from jumping onto the filed.
With 2 out in the 9th inning of game 6 of the 1980 World Series, you can see police on horseback walking behind the plate at Veterans Stadium. There were a lot of police on the field and Tug McGraw said that while pitching to Willie Wilson he saw a horse crap on the field and he thought that's what he'll be if he doesn't close out the game.
The saddest part of this video is that the creator had to explain to younger fans what an actual doubleheader is since the real thing has essentially vanished, at least in MLB.
@@JabroniBaseballyea, no. They still happen regularly. Anyone who watches baseball more than casually knows that double headers still happen all the time. What HAS disappeared are complete games by starting pitchers.
@@J.C... A REAL doubleheader is not two games played in the same stadium in one day - one in the early afternoon (1 pm) and one at night (7 pm) - and you need two tickets to see both games. A REAL doubleheader is where you buy one ticket and get to see both games one after the other. The Mets and Yankees like to play what they call "day-night" doubleheaders like that, but they are not doubleheaders. Just like paying to see two movies is not a double feature.
I’m referencing “Twi-Night” doubleheaders in the video which is different than the doubleheaders we’re used to seeing today. A lot of people have never heard of the difference between the two as it turns out
I remember watching the final game of the 1980 World Series on TV from Vet Stadium in Philadelphia. Just before the final out you could see policemen leading German Shepards on the filed. That stopped any nonsense. Back then Philly cops didn't play.
Couple things. 1. It wasn't Bill himself that did the promo, it was his son, Mike Veeck. Very common misconception. 2. The front office of the White Sox still remember Disco Demolition night. You can't even throw a baseball back onto the field without risking being ejected. I have seen a lot of Yankee and Cubs fans enter the stadium who are so used to being able to toss homers onto the outfield grass, suddenly get met with security when they do so (or consider it), and then get indignant about it when warned. The only alcohol they allow you to have is the stuff inside the park (I know some people might say Reinsdorf just wants you to pay him more money for concessions). Before every single home game, Gene Honda issues a warning about rushing the field and throwing things onto the field. That date is embedded onto the White Sox as a team and as a franchise post-1970s. Even if MLB lifted their league-wide regulations and rules about it, I don't see that happening on the south side of Chicago. Party poopers, I know. In the 2000s and 2010s, I couldn't tell which was stricter, TSA at O'Hare or security at Comiskey. The weird thing is, despite such strict measures even going as far as to require clear bags, someone in the bleachers got hit with a bullet almost a year ago.
Wait what? A fan in the stadium got shot? From inside the stadium or someone shooting into the air or something like that? If you have a link that'd be cool....color me intrigued.
@@extragoogleaccount6061 It happened on August 26, 2023. Two women were injured, one with a graze wound and the other with a gunshot wound in the leg. I couldn't find any resolution or charges being filed. The police were pursuing a theory that the woman with the graze wound had the gun in her waistband, but apparently her clothes tested negative for gunshot residue (and I'm assuming they didn't find a gun on her.) There were gunshots fired around the same time outside the stadium as determined by a gunshot surveillance system, so it's possible that that was the source of the bullet.
The people who approved Disco Demolition Night in 1979 should have lost their jobs. That stunt was a disaster in the making. Exploding vinyl records on the outfield in close proximity to fans violated several safety regulations. Did they stop and think about the possibility pieces of vinyl could become bits of dangerous shrapnel? Or that some dumb fan might get close to the explosion and be seriously injured or killed? MLB was lucky no lawsuits were filed against them in the wake of this disaster.
No mention of the SCARIEST incident of fans running on the field when Hank Aaron hit #715... I can't imagine what was going through his mind. Sure, he wasn't injured, and in hindsight they said that they were actually congratulating him, but he couldn't have known that when people started running toward him as he rounded the bases
In the late '50's, a fan in Yankee Stadium charged the field to attack Indian's center fielder Jim Piersall, Right fielder Willie Kirkland kicked the fan in the head with his cleted shoe. I understand it was the last time such an event was shown on TV.
I was 13 and at Yankee Stadium when they beat the Brewers in Game 5 in '81 strike season. Me and my friend ran on the field and I remember jumping up and down on the mound. I even saved some dirt from the infield(which I lost somewhere...ugh!!) My dad didn't want to go on the field so he said he'd meet us at the car. Nowadays, he'd be arrested for abandoning children. Good times!!
Mariners fans stormed the field in 1995 after they won the AL West for the first time. That’s the last time that it happened on a large scale. Not the Mets in 1986.
For sure you’re right on that. I was more so covering the most destructive incidents through MLB history in this one. The Mariners fans were reported to be fairly tame in this scenario.
@@JabroniBaseball I guess security was beefed up for the wild card series against the Yankees because it seems that no fans went on the field for that win.
@JabroniBaseball I was at the Seattle game in the 300 level, so I didn't storm the field, but after we left the stadium, we headed up to FX McRory's to celebrate and there was a guy on the corner holding the rosin bag up in the air, and everyone, including myself, took a turn tapping the momento on our way into the bar. It's wild behavior even if it's tame and harmless. Fans don't ever belong out on the field. You can see in the video clips how terrified the players are.
Nice video. Only thing id say you could improve is the background music. It was just too loud and faced paced for the content of the video. A lof of times I listen to baseball videos in bed and this one the music was too loud behind your voice. Just a thought. Great video though!
@@JabroniBaseballthe first two minutes has like a repeating 4 second loop of a trumpet. It's almost as distracting as a car alarm after half a minute... The volume levels seem to be put together quite competently.
In 1978, fans rushed the field in LA for game 6 even though the road team Yankees won, though it wasn't total chaos like 77 in NY, just maybe a few hundred fans.
People still occasionally run on the field in European football (aka soccer), such as when Bayer Leverkusen secured their first ever championship this year. It's in a bit more of a controlled manner, however. They actually opened the gates to the field at the end of the game and had lots of security and cordoned off a section close to the benches.
Once the ref blows the whistle for full time, the on-field players and the benches sprint to the tunnel to the changing rooms, and since the only one who's going to care what happens to the pitch is the groundskeeper, the security will let the fans have at it (within reason).
I watched MLB back in the 70s... missing from this video, that I expected to see... I remember at least one game where the fans were anxiously waiting for the game to end, and they kept pressing up against a (I think) temporary fence down the 3rd base line, and play had to be stopped so the fence could be stood back up. If anyone else remembers this or has link to video of it, I'd love to see it again.
Not baseball but football. In 1981 my dad took me to my first Browns game vs the Steelers. Seated in the east endzone ( a few laters become the dawg pound) 2 Browns fans next us rushed the field, running full speed the first guy made it to the 15 yardline and Mean Joe Greene had his back exposed. He turned around just in time to clothesline the guy, absolutely destroying the guy and KO'd the guy. Greene immediately locked on to the guy and beelined towards him. The fan made a wise decision and changed course backed to the stands. Being a Browns fan you just hate the Steelers but those few minites I was cheering for Mean Joe to deliver 2 massive hits bit definitely enjoyed the first fan takedown.
@@JabroniBaseball Thank you for posting, i certainly did enjoy it and rip for sure. Green Mile is amazing. I had just finished watching your Angel Hernandez video 30 minutes before this so this was great timing
In '73 McGraw and Mets infielders had no choice but to escape to the dugouts and outfielders like Mays to the bullpen gates. By '74 Mets installed chain-link fencing and gates to restrict access to field level seats.
The 2004 Red Sox and 2016 Cubs both clicnched the World Series on the road. I think it's safe to say if they were at home, the fields would have been rushed.
"Probably the closest we'll get to seeing someone killed in the game of baseball" Already happened, Billy. Ray Chapman is why the live ball era is a thing. Clocked in the temple and never woke up. But I forgive you because Billy Martin is one of the greatest human beings to ever exist, from a pure entertainment factor.
As a kid, it used to really bug me that random fans could run on the field, and "ruin" special baseball moments. Like, who did they think they were? Why did they think they were entitled to share that moment? What had they done to earn the spotlight like that? The spotlight belongs to the players alone. So glad society - as a whole- has fixed that stupid tradition.
Crazy how Mike Hargrove became an Indians player later in his career. He eventually became the Indians manager from 1991 through 1999 leading them to 2 World Series appearances in the process.
Wild that with everything you talked about in the video that the NCAA allowed(not sure if they still do) court storming, i swear i remember seeing that happen multiple times when i was younger around like 2008-2013 or so when i stopped watched college basketball
1:45 You forgot to mention, it was the first, of at least 3 Washington Major League teams. I don't blame you. Most fans were not alive, or like to pretend. That the current Washington Nationals, were (with a ton of help from MLB, stole the Montreal Expos, wouldn't let them make trades, the last year they contended and neatly buried the whole story under Bud Selig's Ass). FTR I only blame MLB for this 'swindled of, the only two Baseball teams Canada has ever had!! Would make for a great video, if you think you can untangle the entire mystery :) Cheers from Montreal Quebec Canada P.S. to any 'fan's that respond with, 'it was a lack of attendance.' I say, Be Brave enough to Google, (or just learn) the true story! And Don't forget Jackie Robinson's year in Montreal, playing for the Montreal Royals!! Montreal will always Love Baseball, more than MLB cares for us and it's a bloody shame!!
Actually an earlier account of people storming the field was 1908 WS…this is part of an account of the infamous Merkle Boner.. “Giants fans poured out of the stands and mobbed the field; fans sitting behind home plate crossed the field (customary in this era) to exit the ballpark via the outfield”
Then of course there was that father-son duo who jumped on the field to cold cock that Royals bench coach in 2002. Wasn’t a complete fan storming but adds to the reason why MLB takes as hard a stance as they do.
Since 10-cent beer night wasn’t televised, there’s a finite amount of photos available to show from that days events. Instead of using the same photos over and over again, I decided to show something that was different yet still relevant to the subject matter of the video
@@JabroniBaseball Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation. Not that there's much difference between barbarians being barbarians, anyway! Thanks for the fun and informative work here.
In 1908, "Merkle's Boner" was caused when the crowd stormed the field during a walk-off single. Merkle, who had been on first, figured the game was over and walked off through the chaos without ever touching second. Oops--- the astute second baseman got the ball (or some ball) and an ump, tagged second for the third out, cancelling the run that scored. They lost the win and it eventually cost them the pennant.
"Bill Vee-k?" You really are a jabroni. The title of his autobiography (hands down the funniest baseball book ever written) says it all. "Veeck, As In Wreck".
I'm surprised they charged for the beer. It could have been "FREE BEER NITE!!!" Then it could have gone better, since everyone there would have TOO drunk to cause issues. LOL
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What do you think the wildest incident of a fan or fans running onto the field was?
Perhaps not the wildest, but the most famous incident of fans rushing the field, was the 1908 Fred Merkle "boner" at the Polo Grounds. At that time, ushers opened the gates at the end of the game and invited the fans onto the field. Merkle was a 20 year old NY Giants bench warmer who was called on to pinch run at first base. Bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, men on first and third, Giants vs. Cubs in late September. Al Bridwell hit a long single to the wall, and Merkle lit out for the clubhouse in center field as he had been doing off the bench all season, to avoid the fans rushing the field. In doing so, he did not touch second base, the play was not completed, and in all the chaos that ensued, the game was declared a tie, to be replayed if needed. It was needed, as the Cubs and Giants tied for first. The Cubs won the replayed game, and the Giants lost the pennant. Fred Snodgrass, Giants center fielder, recounts the event in Lawrence Ritter's famous oral history "The Glory of their Times". It was a much more genteel time, no players were mauled, and the field was never torn up.
The father/son attack on a KC Royals 1st base coach in 2002. ruclips.net/video/4Ho1GHJMFJo/видео.html What the hell....?
When a fan came on the field when Hank Aaron broke the HR record.
Chylak is Polish, and correctly pronounced "Hillock" or "Khillock". You're welcome.
Don't taze me bro!
There's an even earlier incident of rushing the field that wasn't mentioned here: the 1917 Fenway Park Gamblers Riot. On June 16, 1917, about 300 spectators at a game between the Red Sox and White Sox invaded the field in the 5th inning. There was a drizzling rain, and they had previously been shouting "Call the game!" for an inning or so. These fans had bet on the Red Sox, and wanted the game called for rain before it became official so they wouldn't lose their money. The players were run off the field (there was actually violence against some White Sox players), but the game was later resumed and the White Sox won 7-2.
Damn can’t believe I missed that. That’s wild story. I’ll definitely talk about that in a future video!
Karma at its best! 🤣
Another, earlier one was the direct cause of “Merkle’s Boner” (old term for mistake, not an erection). During the September 23rd, 1908 game between the Giants and the Cubs, Giants fans rushed the field after they believed they had won the game and put themselves into the World Series. The winning run scored, but Fred Merkle, who was on first base, saw the fans flooding the field and turned to head to the dug out, never touching second. Cubs player Johnny Evers noticed this, and managed to get a baseball (it may not have been the actual game ball) and touched second. Since rules stated that a run could not count if the third out was made, and Evers touching second was the third out, meaning the game was still tied. They ended up replaying the game later on and the Cubs won.
Tessie and the Royal Rooters!
That's phenomenal, that should be a movie
I remember the police on horseback at the end of the ‘86 World Series…in retrospect that was the point baseball said “no more”.
100% agreed. That was the moment for sure
@@JabroniBaseball I believe the 1995 AL West tiebreaker game between the Seattle Mariners and California Angels was the last.
Please take this constructive criticism bro, turn down that music. I can barely hear you and its like I got some girl falling asleep to tiktok next to me.
Not something I noticed tbh. I think this video was great but Maybe it's because I'm not using headphones 🤷♂️
horns go BERR DA DDAAAAA. yeah it's too intense and too loud.
I used to be a audio engineer in a past life - here's a protip: normalize/compress your vocal and background tracks separately. then, set your background track to _at least_ 20dB below your vocal track. with high intensity music, like you used, you may need to go even lower.
listen to your mix on both monitors, over-the-ear headphones, and ear buds before you finalize (assuming you don't have flat studio monitors, which would be my ultimate recommendation).
I genuinely appreciate any feedback. I’d be a jabroni if I can’t make adjustments to help people enjoy these videos more. I uploaded a new video this week and significantly lowered the music audio. If you get a chance, let me know if it’s better on your end. Thanks!
@@JabroniBaseballmuch better
Yeah this is terribly mixed. Another vote for reducing the music volume. No one wants to hear most royalty free music to begin with let alone up front and center overtop of the narration of what we really want to hear.
Several of these older, original stadiums, fans in the bleachers were allowed to walk on the field after a game to exit the stadium.
Game 5 of 73 was the first MLB game I ever went to.
That’s pretty interesting. Didn’t know that!
I remember walking on the warning track at Yankee stadium back in about 1967.
They would open the gates and let you get to the other side of the stadium that way, this wasn't the bleachers, but the box seats at field level.
In 1980, I recall watching the Phillies win the World Series over the Royals at Veterans Stadium, and on TV seeing the mounted police with mean guard dogs to deter fans from rushing the field. It was the Phillies' first World Series championship, so undoubtedly the fans were poised to release years of pent-up frustration. However, it appears that the deterrent actions of the police to thwart fans from rushing the field began to lead to the decline of such incidents.
10¢ beer night in Cleveland? That's an even worse promotion than bat night at Yankee Stadium in the 1970s. Giving free full sized Louisville sluggers to 30,000 people in the South Bronx.
The bats were only distributed to kids 14 and under. I actually have a Thurman Munson bat from one of those giveaways
@@gordonfreligh1182 Wow--I was there with my brothers and got one of those free bats days too, I got that model too, along with a Roy White, and Reggie Jackson model back in 78-or 79.
The Indians had done previous similar cheap beer promotions without incident. The tension from the previous game with the Rangers combined with oceans of cheap alcohol being consumed just turned that particular game into a dumpster fire.
My aunt told me her generation was the reason my generation can't do anything anymore. Definitely agree with her.
Is your aunt a Gen X'er?
@@AlbertRemodelsIvfeel like it’s more boomers
It's bc ppl think the gov is their buddy.
They traded freedom for false security.
White supremacists don't exist.
If they were out there, the news would find them.
We only have fake racism and Hatian culture denial.
@@AlbertRemodels Yeah all these people were boomers. In their 20's in the late 60's, 70's and early 80s is exactly the baby boom generation of post ww2
The 70's and 80's were a wild time in part because the economy was so bad, violent crime was high, and life was hard for a lot of people. They were very motivated to act out like this as a release given the life they had to lead (not to mention how many of the people storming the field and rioting were violent criminals themselves!). Along with leagues cracking down on storming the field, life getting better in the subsequent years certainly helped take the edge off of the fans as well.
The first time I ever saw a perfect security display to avoid the on field rush by fans was the 1980 World Series.
Philadelphia fans were (are?) notorious for their stadium demeanor, but the Philly PD were the first police department ever to show up prior to the ninth inning with horseback cops in tow, to say to the fans, no, not tonight!
And no fans entered the field after the Phillies won their first championship.
I remember that!
That's probably for the best...I mean forget the Cubs not winning the World Series since 1908 (at the time), the poor Phillies took 97 years to win even their first one! The fans if given a tenth of a chance would've half destroyed Veterans Stadium in celebration!
Running on the field is extremely rare in Japanese baseball. The field itself is treated like a sacred shrine. A ground that demands respect. To step on it when not being on a team, umpiring crew, or groundskeeping crew is to bring dishonor.
That’s pretty cool. Thanks for dropping some knowledge!
New life goal: run onto the field in a Japanese game, and then piss on the mound.
@@rustyshackelford3371your parents must be proud of you 🙄🤦
@@J.C... Indeed they are. My mom encouraged me to drink more beer so I'll have maximum flow. She'll be in the stands cheering me on. The best mom in the world right there.
I think it's actually similar in the States-- pro fields are almost reverenced by most...which is why it was such a big deal when, on rare occasion (like a championship), a fan(s) were/are permitted on the field.
I'm not that old but I remember going to a Dodger game at Dodger Stadium in 1996. On a foul ball down the line in left field, I saw a fan sitting in the first row hop the low railing, scoop up the ball like a second baseman, then hop back over the railing, and sit in his seat like nothing happened. Granted this was the first full year four baseball since the strike of 1994 (144 games in 1995), and I do remember that baseball was really suffering with poor attendance, so they wouldn't kick you out unless you really asked for it, but it didn't seem strange that no one threw him out of the game or no usher came down to even talk to him.
The problem with zero tolerance rules is that all common sense goes out the window. This guy didn't hurt anyone, he didn't stop the game, he just got a souvenir and got right back over the railing. There was no reason to kick him out and the game was a lot better when it was informal like that.
If there's one thing this excellent video taught me about the history of major league baseball, it's that the hatred for disco music led to more violence than even free beer did!
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Lisa's husband, Andy here. Hi, I'm a huge baseball fan from England. Wow! and I thought our football/soccer fans were lively during this era. 😁👍Great video.
Thanks for stopping by! Glad you enjoyed it!
As a kid I went to Wrigley Field a lot. There was no "basket" then. They installed that fence around the outfield to keep people from jumping onto the filed.
With 2 out in the 9th inning of game 6 of the 1980 World Series, you can see police on horseback walking behind the plate at Veterans Stadium. There were a lot of police on the field and Tug McGraw said that while pitching to Willie Wilson he saw a horse crap on the field and he thought that's what he'll be if he doesn't close out the game.
You forgot about the 84 world series when Detroit won and people stormed the field
The saddest part of this video is that the creator had to explain to younger fans what an actual doubleheader is since the real thing has essentially vanished, at least in MLB.
Now they know, and knowing is half the battle.
-G.I. Joe
Tf are you talking about? You couldn't be more wrong.
@@JabroniBaseballyea, no. They still happen regularly. Anyone who watches baseball more than casually knows that double headers still happen all the time.
What HAS disappeared are complete games by starting pitchers.
@@J.C... A REAL doubleheader is not two games played in the same stadium in one day - one in the early afternoon (1 pm) and one at night (7 pm) - and you need two tickets to see both games. A REAL doubleheader is where you buy one ticket and get to see both games one after the other. The Mets and Yankees like to play what they call "day-night" doubleheaders like that, but they are not doubleheaders. Just like paying to see two movies is not a double feature.
I’m referencing “Twi-Night” doubleheaders in the video which is different than the doubleheaders we’re used to seeing today. A lot of people have never heard of the difference between the two as it turns out
The 84 tigers hold the distinction of the last fans to rush the field following a World Series win.
Yeah, wish he'd showed that one too, with Gibson shoving his way back to the dugout.
I remember watching the final game of the 1980 World Series on TV from Vet Stadium in Philadelphia. Just before the final out you could see policemen leading German Shepards on the filed. That stopped any nonsense. Back then Philly cops didn't play.
One nitpick: several of the photos in the 10 cent beer night section are from Disco Demolition, featuring the distinctive Comiskey Park scoreboard.
Couple things.
1. It wasn't Bill himself that did the promo, it was his son, Mike Veeck. Very common misconception.
2. The front office of the White Sox still remember Disco Demolition night. You can't even throw a baseball back onto the field without risking being ejected. I have seen a lot of Yankee and Cubs fans enter the stadium who are so used to being able to toss homers onto the outfield grass, suddenly get met with security when they do so (or consider it), and then get indignant about it when warned. The only alcohol they allow you to have is the stuff inside the park (I know some people might say Reinsdorf just wants you to pay him more money for concessions). Before every single home game, Gene Honda issues a warning about rushing the field and throwing things onto the field. That date is embedded onto the White Sox as a team and as a franchise post-1970s. Even if MLB lifted their league-wide regulations and rules about it, I don't see that happening on the south side of Chicago. Party poopers, I know.
In the 2000s and 2010s, I couldn't tell which was stricter, TSA at O'Hare or security at Comiskey.
The weird thing is, despite such strict measures even going as far as to require clear bags, someone in the bleachers got hit with a bullet almost a year ago.
Wait what? A fan in the stadium got shot? From inside the stadium or someone shooting into the air or something like that? If you have a link that'd be cool....color me intrigued.
Gene “Mr. Hockey” Honda.
Crazy how in Wrigley it's part of the fan culture to throw a visiting HR back onto the field, but on the south side if you do it you could get 86'd.
@@extragoogleaccount6061 It happened on August 26, 2023. Two women were injured, one with a graze wound and the other with a gunshot wound in the leg. I couldn't find any resolution or charges being filed. The police were pursuing a theory that the woman with the graze wound had the gun in her waistband, but apparently her clothes tested negative for gunshot residue (and I'm assuming they didn't find a gun on her.) There were gunshots fired around the same time outside the stadium as determined by a gunshot surveillance system, so it's possible that that was the source of the bullet.
Hard to explain to my children how different things were "back in my day".
The people who approved Disco Demolition Night in 1979 should have lost their jobs. That stunt was a disaster in the making. Exploding vinyl records on the outfield in close proximity to fans violated several safety regulations. Did they stop and think about the possibility pieces of vinyl could become bits of dangerous shrapnel? Or that some dumb fan might get close to the explosion and be seriously injured or killed? MLB was lucky no lawsuits were filed against them in the wake of this disaster.
Disco...to...court😊
Lawsuits in the 70s in MLB? Impossible! Lmfao 😂.
No mention of the SCARIEST incident of fans running on the field when Hank Aaron hit #715... I can't imagine what was going through his mind. Sure, he wasn't injured, and in hindsight they said that they were actually congratulating him, but he couldn't have known that when people started running toward him as he rounded the bases
@dunkelmonkey: It was dangerous but hey they just wanted touch history
In the late '50's, a fan in Yankee Stadium charged the field to attack Indian's center fielder Jim Piersall, Right fielder Willie Kirkland kicked the fan in the head with his cleted shoe. I understand it was the last time such an event was shown on TV.
I was 13 and at Yankee Stadium when they beat the Brewers in Game 5 in '81 strike season. Me and my friend ran on the field and I remember jumping up and down on the mound. I even saved some dirt from the infield(which I lost somewhere...ugh!!) My dad didn't want to go on the field so he said he'd meet us at the car. Nowadays, he'd be arrested for abandoning children. Good times!!
Mariners fans stormed the field in 1995 after they won the AL West for the first time. That’s the last time that it happened on a large scale. Not the Mets in 1986.
For sure you’re right on that. I was more so covering the most destructive incidents through MLB history in this one. The Mariners fans were reported to be fairly tame in this scenario.
@@JabroniBaseball I guess security was beefed up for the wild card series against the Yankees because it seems that no fans went on the field for that win.
Were police on the field in that series? I mean, NYC has had its fair share of field storming. 86 is when NYC said “no more” if not MLB.
Sure seems like that was the case
@JabroniBaseball
I was at the Seattle game in the 300 level, so I didn't storm the field, but after we left the stadium, we headed up to FX McRory's to celebrate and there was a guy on the corner holding the rosin bag up in the air, and everyone, including myself, took a turn tapping the momento on our way into the bar.
It's wild behavior even if it's tame and harmless. Fans don't ever belong out on the field. You can see in the video clips how terrified the players are.
24:04 Also because the Red Sox and Cubs were both the road teams...
I know but there were arguably way more fans of the Red Sox and Cubs at the final away games than the home teams.
Nice video. Only thing id say you could improve is the background music. It was just too loud and faced paced for the content of the video. A lof of times I listen to baseball videos in bed and this one the music was too loud behind your voice. Just a thought. Great video though!
Thanks! I appreciate any and all feedback. I’ll definitely give that a closer look on future videos and EQ the audio better.
@@JabroniBaseballthe first two minutes has like a repeating 4 second loop of a trumpet. It's almost as distracting as a car alarm after half a minute...
The volume levels seem to be put together quite competently.
In 1978, fans rushed the field in LA for game 6 even though the road team Yankees won, though it wasn't total chaos like 77 in NY, just maybe a few hundred fans.
*Well done, Editor!*
Thanks! I appreciate ya! 🙌🏼
People still occasionally run on the field in European football (aka soccer), such as when Bayer Leverkusen secured their first ever championship this year. It's in a bit more of a controlled manner, however. They actually opened the gates to the field at the end of the game and had lots of security and cordoned off a section close to the benches.
Once the ref blows the whistle for full time, the on-field players and the benches sprint to the tunnel to the changing rooms, and since the only one who's going to care what happens to the pitch is the groundskeeper, the security will let the fans have at it (within reason).
The double header game you got to see to games for the price of one game 😊
I watched MLB back in the 70s... missing from this video, that I expected to see... I remember at least one game where the fans were anxiously waiting for the game to end, and they kept pressing up against a (I think) temporary fence down the 3rd base line, and play had to be stopped so the fence could be stood back up. If anyone else remembers this or has link to video of it, I'd love to see it again.
15:54 Chambliss looking like a hockey player with that shoulder check lol
Reggie Loved "Taking that Dude Out" while leaving the field.
Not baseball but football. In 1981 my dad took me to my first Browns game vs the Steelers. Seated in the east endzone ( a few laters become the dawg pound) 2 Browns fans next us rushed the field, running full speed the first guy made it to the 15 yardline and Mean Joe Greene had his back exposed. He turned around just in time to clothesline the guy, absolutely destroying the guy and KO'd the guy. Greene immediately locked on to the guy and beelined towards him. The fan made a wise decision and changed course backed to the stands. Being a Browns fan you just hate the Steelers but those few minites I was cheering for Mean Joe to deliver 2 massive hits bit definitely enjoyed the first fan takedown.
We won't know for sure that there's a permanent stop to the issue until the Mets win #3 😂
Lmao that might be the one honestly
Wait ... What is this @19:09 ?
For an extra disco record you could take a shower.
Absolutely loved this video. RIP Michael Clarke Duncan
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. RIP to one of the greatest.
@@JabroniBaseball Thank you for posting, i certainly did enjoy it and rip for sure. Green Mile is amazing. I had just finished watching your Angel Hernandez video 30 minutes before this so this was great timing
In '73 McGraw and Mets infielders had no choice but to escape to the dugouts and outfielders like Mays to the bullpen gates.
By '74 Mets installed chain-link fencing and gates to restrict access to field level seats.
13:35 - NESS-ter SHY-lack.
Thank you. 👍
I remember that UMP NESTOR,,,, and thought my ears were not working when I heard him say what he said.
I'm a Life long Angel /Dodger fan and a security guard at Angel stadium I had no idea there was such a dark history of filed intrusions
Thank you for the seatgeek plug
How about the 1908 Merkle game?
I always thought as a kid it was cool to see the fans rush, but now I can see....PROBABLY not a great idea!
The 2004 Red Sox and 2016 Cubs both clicnched the World Series on the road. I think it's safe to say if they were at home, the fields would have been rushed.
"Probably the closest we'll get to seeing someone killed in the game of baseball"
Already happened, Billy. Ray Chapman is why the live ball era is a thing. Clocked in the temple and never woke up.
But I forgive you because Billy Martin is one of the greatest human beings to ever exist, from a pure entertainment factor.
As a kid, it used to really bug me that random fans could run on the field, and "ruin" special baseball moments. Like, who did they think they were? Why did they think they were entitled to share that moment? What had they done to earn the spotlight like that? The spotlight belongs to the players alone. So glad society - as a whole- has fixed that stupid tradition.
Only time I saw this was the 1969 Mets. Stealing the bases and players hats were common items stolen.
Crazy how Mike Hargrove became an Indians player later in his career. He eventually became the Indians manager from 1991 through 1999 leading them to 2 World Series appearances in the process.
Wild that with everything you talked about in the video that the NCAA allowed(not sure if they still do) court storming, i swear i remember seeing that happen multiple times when i was younger around like 2008-2013 or so when i stopped watched college basketball
Its not allowed but it happens because the schools dont really want to stop it. In the SEC it is like 100k fine for the school for rushing the field
Thank you so much for this video have waited years and years for A video like this
1:45
You forgot to mention, it was the first, of at least 3 Washington Major League teams.
I don't blame you. Most fans were not alive, or like to pretend. That the current Washington Nationals, were (with a ton of help from MLB, stole the Montreal Expos, wouldn't let them make trades, the last year they contended and neatly buried the whole story under Bud Selig's Ass).
FTR I only blame MLB for this 'swindled of, the only two Baseball teams Canada has ever had!!
Would make for a great video, if you think you can untangle the entire mystery :)
Cheers from Montreal Quebec Canada
P.S. to any 'fan's that respond with, 'it was a lack of attendance.' I say, Be Brave enough to Google, (or just learn) the true story! And Don't forget Jackie Robinson's year in Montreal, playing for the Montreal Royals!!
Montreal will always Love Baseball, more than MLB cares for us and it's a bloody shame!!
Billy Martin egging on fans in Cleveland. Martin seems the tyoe that would be rushing the field and stealing things himself if he were a fan.
Actually an earlier account of people storming the field was 1908 WS…this is part of an account of the infamous Merkle Boner..
“Giants fans poured out of the stands and mobbed the field; fans sitting behind home plate crossed the field (customary in this era) to exit the ballpark via the outfield”
The age of the Baseball Doesn’t Exist imitators has arrived
What lmao
Truth.
The final Washington Senators game should have been mentioned.
1971. Last game of the Washington Senators. Forfeited because of fans swarming the field.
Bud Harrelson was a shortstop, not a second baseman.
Thanks for the correction. Meant to say the fight took place at second base. Love the username 😂
I like that the rangers and Cleveland ball players rally together
Last mass fans storming the field I can remember is the ‘86 Mets NL East clincher.
The crackdown started in Philly in 1980. But that was temporary because i remember fans rushing the field in st louis in 82 and Detroit in 84
Wasn’t that when the Philly police surrounded the field with k-9s and horses?
@@septasmlphilliesfan28 yep
Then of course there was that father-son duo who jumped on the field to cold cock that Royals bench coach in 2002. Wasn’t a complete fan storming but adds to the reason why MLB takes as hard a stance as they do.
Wasn’t this at a White Sox game??
If it was, the kid showed up in court months later looking like an absolutely different person, totally cleaned up.
The fields where getting destroyed. Bases, equipment, grass all taken!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!
The Cubs in 2016 and the Red Sox in 2004 won their World Series on the road, so it would not be likely there would be many fans rushing the field.
drew barrymore and fallon did
@@BaseballPlayer0
That part was planned.
Beer Night 1974 sounds awesome!
Promotional event at baseball stadium started a riot..why? Because some fools didn't like a particular genre of music. Go figure.
What’s craziest is someone considered Gladys Knight and The Pips “Imagination” as a disco record at 18:20 💔💔💔
Why keep showing Comiskey Park's "Disco Demolition" riot when you're discussing Cleveland's 10-cent Beer Night?
Since 10-cent beer night wasn’t televised, there’s a finite amount of photos available to show from that days events. Instead of using the same photos over and over again, I decided to show something that was different yet still relevant to the subject matter of the video
@@JabroniBaseball Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation. Not that there's much difference between barbarians being barbarians, anyway! Thanks for the fun and informative work here.
Of course! Thanks for stopping by! Glad you’re enjoying the vids 🙌🏼
So now, instead of rushing the field, fans turn over cars and vandalize property outside the field.
In 1908, "Merkle's Boner" was caused when the crowd stormed the field during a walk-off single. Merkle, who had been on first, figured the game was over and walked off through the chaos without ever touching second. Oops--- the astute second baseman got the ball (or some ball) and an ump, tagged second for the third out, cancelling the run that scored. They lost the win and it eventually cost them the pennant.
Funny the Indians fans went after Hargrove. Little did they know he would be beloved in Cleveland later.
I went on the field when the Mets clinched in 1986.
10 cent Beer Night is the best story in baseball.
"Bill Vee-k?"
You really are a jabroni. The title of his autobiography (hands down the funniest baseball book ever written) says it all. "Veeck, As In Wreck".
You got me there 😂
I caught that too, good on you bud. LOL
Cry about it, bro.
Honestly, I'm glad this behavior has gone by the wayside, and not just in baseball.
Disco Demolition really needs to be made into a movie
Maybe they could use Frank Zappa's "Disco Boy" as part of the soundtrack!
Basing a promo on conflict and hate - what could possibly go wrong?
Getting your fans as drunk as possible - what could possibly go wrong?
10 cent beer night was the dumbest idea anybody ever had in the history of ideas
I'm surprised they charged for the beer. It could have been "FREE BEER NITE!!!" Then it could have gone better, since everyone there would have TOO drunk to cause issues. LOL
She was escorted away in tears??? There's no crying in baseball!!!
Wait but I thought current times were the most dangerous criminal time in American history. You're telling me criminals committed crimes before 2020?
Im taking this as a challenge
Reggie turned into Earl Campbell to get off that field😂
Rick Monday
Because the powers that be don't like the fans having fun when their teams win.
It's different now that the players are all multi-millionaires.
bring back the streakers from the 70's.....you never see that now
No wait a minute everybody brings fireworks to ballgames don’t they
I'm glad it's illegal now. Why risk injury and ruining the field?
I might actually watch baseball if this still went on.
Who thought that 10 cent beer night was a good idea???
Imagine if they had a "10-cent beer night" nowadays 😂
Baseball used to be fun
10cent unlimited beer? What could go wrong?
Sparky couldn't catch a break 😂
“How does this keep happening to me” 😂
Reggie Jackson played football at Arizona State only played baseball so he could miss practice
Damn what a boss
This Tigers fan is still bitter about disco demolition night.
:(
Why? They got a free victory out of it because of the cancelled second game.
Mets seem to be on here quite often.
Need to be chain link fences. NASCAR STYLE!
answer: they started shooting fans rushing the field