In otherwords, the stadium existed for another 34 years, you never went back, but wanted to use this opportunity to interject your culture war BS where it wasn't warranted.
Man this takes me down memory lane! I remember walking up those ramps to the upper deck for Tribe games as a kid in the late 80’s early 90’s. And going in the Men’s room and being terrified by the ginormous urinal troughs😂. The place was cavernous I miss it. New ballparks are so sterile it’s just not the same. Although the bathrooms are much better lol
this video is incredible. I'm in my mid 30s and have memories of going to games at the old stadium. I love watching videos showing the innards of the stadium brings back a bunch of memories
If you think about it, this baseball game was the beginning of the end for the Browns original football team. Because Art Modell who owned the Browns also owned the stadium so he made more money when the Indians had to pay rent but when they moved to Jacobs Field he lost money, couldn’t get a new stadium so he moved the Browns to Baltimore to become the Ravens two years later. It all worked out in the end because Cleveland got a new Browns team and stadium.
Than you so much for these uploads. God do I miss the old stadium. Everything about it had a charm and personality about it that you dont see today. The smell of stadium hot dogs boiled not grilled. The smell if cherry tobacco cigarettes permeating throughout the air in that venue. The smell of beer all throughout. No cell phones no texting no selphies. Fans just enjoying the moment.
Thank you for watching them. I agree whole heartedly. I am glad to be a Cusper...one foot in tne analog culture....and forced into digital humanity squashing lufe.
Went to the last Indians victory at the old girl. The series before the last three games. It was against Milwaukee Brewers. It was a Sunday game. Sat on the 3 base side behind the Brewers dugout. They did fan appreciation Day that game. A man in front of me won an autographed Sandy alomar Jr Jersey.
Memorial Stadium and Municipal Stadium in Baltimore and Cleveland. Were both castles. I know I miss these type of parks. I hate what the Jake has turned into. Ghastly adverts removal of bleachers and the upper decks. What a mess
I remember making that walk across the Bridge to Gate A a few times as a kid. Seeing the Browns Sign. Even remember the inside of the Stadium. Never sat in the upper levels. But man I wish I could experience the old girl as an adult and remember her more............I don't care what anyone says. She may have been a dump......but I loved the place.
The last game at Cleveland Stadium was actually the original Browns farewell game before they became the Baltimore Ravens. The new Browns Stadium was built on the same site as the old stadium.
I love municipal staduim i was born in 99 so i never seen it in person. it looks very awsome. i read in the comments it smelled bad & The bathroom were small
The bathrooms were horrible like any old stadium, but it had a lot of charm for being a multipurpose facility. I wish we had the 95 season there. 80,000 fans would have been insane
@@MikaFrogPossum667 yeah, the troughs were something, but what was worse were the two stalls with no room to maneuver, and good luck if you needed to poop. Other than that, the stadium had pillars like all old stadiums but I don’t remember them being as bad as they are at places like Wrigley or Fenway
A guy I worked with climbed the foul pole at this game and spent a little time in jail because of it. lol! I believe it was this game. He actually made it on either the front page or the first page of the sports section of the Plain Dealer next day.
Did that walk many times. You know something? I was friends with both Reds, Tigers, and Pirate fans while in college and went to see games in all 4 places. I enjoyed games in Cleveland much more than the others. Now, I know some of it is bias (and Tiger Stadium was a great old ballpark). And yes, a lot of it was the bad Indians teams so didn't fight crowds much, but buying a general admission ticket and sitting in field boxes by the 5th inning sure beat looking straight down on plastic grass in the upper decks in Cinci and Pitt. They called it "the mistake by the lake" but my memories were pure gold. And btw, NOBODY I know ever called it "Municipal". It was just "the Stadium" to us Clevelanders.
This is great footage and really captures the era. I can't believe acid washed ever went out of style. Speaking of style--why was the grounds crew wearing tuxedos?
19:32 mark - after the pyrotechnic flourish after the National Anthem behind the outfield stands, there was an errant explosion 10 seconds afterward. My guess here is that an errant firework shell that was supposed to explode over the CF stands misfired unexploded, went errantly and landed near 1st base, and then, after a delay, detonated. The explosion had no peony burst so it was an aerial bomb. The explosion almost injured a person in the vicinity of the detonation.
I have a lot of great memories of Cleveland Stadium, the Tribe and the Browns. I loved that old place. However you can call me a heretic, but I'd still take Progressive Field over Municipal 7 days a week. It really is a gem of a new facility, and I have memories there that Municipal cannot touch (like WINNING baseball, World Series games, post-season baseball) Brown's Stadium is another matter; the new one really is a Factory of Sadness. I have no good memories there. I'll take Muni for football. Even though some of my memories aren't too pleasant (I was there for The Drive; talk about a heartbreaker)
I hate current baseball...... its so woke.... it doesn't mean anything anymore .... love seeing the Atlanta braves win it all in 2021 and the texas rangers win it in 2023 because they didn't bend the knee to wokeism.... i miss my cleveland Indians
I was there June 29 and 30 in 1969. I miss chief Wahoo. Bring the Indians back
In otherwords, the stadium existed for another 34 years, you never went back, but wanted to use this opportunity to interject your culture war BS where it wasn't warranted.
Childhood memories that have lasted a lifetime.There was nothing like seeing that grass and atmosphere for the first time. Bring back the Indians!
Man this takes me down memory lane! I remember walking up those ramps to the upper deck for Tribe games as a kid in the late 80’s early 90’s. And going in the Men’s room and being terrified by the ginormous urinal troughs😂. The place was cavernous I miss it. New ballparks are so sterile it’s just not the same. Although the bathrooms are much better lol
Stage freight center stage and hope it did not overflow
Thanks for this upload. That walk man... I used take it as a kid for both Indians and Browns games with my dad & grandpa.
Related to Phil?
@@ClevelandLiveMusic Phil Melaragno?
Awesome!
this video is incredible. I'm in my mid 30s and have memories of going to games at the old stadium. I love watching videos showing the innards of the stadium brings back a bunch of memories
Thank you...so glad I shot the walk in
Great memories
Man the memories here are so awesome thanks for this
If you think about it, this baseball game was the beginning of the end for the Browns original football team. Because Art Modell who owned the Browns also owned the stadium so he made more money when the Indians had to pay rent but when they moved to Jacobs Field he lost money, couldn’t get a new stadium so he moved the Browns to Baltimore to become the Ravens two years later. It all worked out in the end because Cleveland got a new Browns team and stadium.
Agreed
Don’t sound so much like an apologist.
When baseball was about baseball, not luxury boxes.
Exactly
Went to those last three games with family members. Alot of memories going racing through one's mind.
Mine too...my brother and I that I went with are estranged
Than you so much for these uploads. God do I miss the old stadium. Everything about it had a charm and personality about it that you dont see today. The smell of stadium hot dogs boiled not grilled. The smell if cherry tobacco cigarettes permeating throughout the air in that venue. The smell of beer all throughout. No cell phones no texting no selphies. Fans just enjoying the moment.
Thank you for watching them. I agree whole heartedly. I am glad to be a Cusper...one foot in tne analog culture....and forced into digital humanity squashing lufe.
@@ClevelandLiveMusic do you have any footage of the munilot before the 86 afc championship game. Or the jets double overtime game.
@@gmk-no6rb probably not...their are some Super8 films my dad shot in the 60's/70's that need transferring
Went to the last Indians victory at the old girl. The series before the last three games. It was against Milwaukee Brewers. It was a Sunday game. Sat on the 3 base side behind the Brewers dugout. They did fan appreciation Day that game. A man in front of me won an autographed Sandy alomar Jr Jersey.
Memorial Stadium and Municipal Stadium in Baltimore and Cleveland. Were both castles. I know I miss these type of parks. I hate what the Jake has turned into. Ghastly adverts removal of bleachers and the upper decks. What a mess
I remember making that walk across the Bridge to Gate A a few times as a kid. Seeing the Browns Sign. Even remember the inside of the Stadium. Never sat in the upper levels. But man I wish I could experience the old girl as an adult and remember her more............I don't care what anyone says. She may have been a dump......but I loved the place.
I agree....the old Stadium experience exceeds any at the Jake
You are right. It may have been a dump but it was OUR dump.
Thanks for sharing this very much enjoyed it. Go Tribe
The last game at Cleveland Stadium was actually the original Browns farewell game before they became the Baltimore Ravens. The new Browns Stadium was built on the same site as the old stadium.
I love municipal staduim i was born in 99 so i never seen it in person. it looks very awsome. i read in the comments it smelled bad & The bathroom were small
The bathrooms were horrible like any old stadium, but it had a lot of charm for being a multipurpose facility. I wish we had the 95 season there. 80,000 fans would have been insane
@@johnepants thats awsome I heard you had troughts for the bathrooms
@@MikaFrogPossum667 yeah, the troughs were something, but what was worse were the two stalls with no room to maneuver, and good luck if you needed to poop.
Other than that, the stadium had pillars like all old stadiums but I don’t remember them being as bad as they are at places like Wrigley or Fenway
Only thing that's missing are the musty smells of spilled, stale beer; cigar smoke and stadium mustard.
and urine
just wish I had men's room footage for the most primitive group bathroom experience of my life
Grand
And the Browns last game came two years later....
A guy I worked with climbed the foul pole at this game and spent a little time in jail because of it. lol! I believe it was this game. He actually made it on either the front page or the first page of the sports section of the Plain Dealer next day.
that is great!
Did that walk many times. You know something? I was friends with both Reds, Tigers, and Pirate fans while in college and went to see games in all 4 places. I enjoyed games in Cleveland much more than the others. Now, I know some of it is bias (and Tiger Stadium was a great old ballpark). And yes, a lot of it was the bad Indians teams so didn't fight crowds much, but buying a general admission ticket and sitting in field boxes by the 5th inning sure beat looking straight down on plastic grass in the upper decks in Cinci and Pitt. They called it "the mistake by the lake" but my memories were pure gold. And btw, NOBODY I know ever called it "Municipal". It was just "the Stadium" to us Clevelanders.
100% on "The stadium". We were lucky to be able to see baseball there IMO. most of my youth so cheap to get in and move to box seats
I love Chief Wahoo and he needs to be brought back. It is an insult to Luis Soxalexis.
This is great footage and really captures the era. I can't believe acid washed ever went out of style. Speaking of style--why was the grounds crew wearing tuxedos?
Thanks...acid or faded I see still. Sure miss that place
It was a special game. The last baseball game there.
Because it was the final game there
C-towns how we ride
Wow-the 'Marlboro' wording above the scoreboard in 1989-before new laws banned advertising cigarettes on all billboards in the USA.
19:32 mark - after the pyrotechnic flourish after the National Anthem behind the outfield stands, there was an errant explosion 10 seconds afterward. My guess here is that an errant firework shell that was supposed to explode over the CF stands misfired unexploded, went errantly and landed near 1st base, and then, after a delay, detonated. The explosion had no peony burst so it was an aerial bomb. The explosion almost injured a person in the vicinity of the detonation.
Was that the moment that Cleveland's Albert Belle blasted a dinger and set off the stadium fireworks in return at this now-dead stadium?
I have a lot of great memories of Cleveland Stadium, the Tribe and the Browns. I loved that old place. However you can call me a heretic, but I'd still take Progressive Field over Municipal 7 days a week. It really is a gem of a new facility, and I have memories there that Municipal cannot touch (like WINNING baseball, World Series games, post-season baseball)
Brown's Stadium is another matter; the new one really is a Factory of Sadness. I have no good memories there. I'll take Muni for football. Even though some of my memories aren't too pleasant (I was there for The Drive; talk about a heartbreaker)
that same year jose conseco got hit in the head for a home run
I hate current baseball...... its so woke.... it doesn't mean anything anymore .... love seeing the Atlanta braves win it all in 2021 and the texas rangers win it in 2023 because they didn't bend the knee to wokeism.... i miss my cleveland Indians
You're pretty closed minded.