57:55 mark - now this is one year after Disco Demolition night at White Sox Park (this happened on July 12, 1979), and Nancy Faust seems to reminisce a time when disco was more "loved" and then "hated". As a musician myself who can play the piano and organ, and heard the greatest pop and rock hits, I recognized that this song Nancy played was none other than the famous up-tempo disco classic, "Hot Stuff" sung by Donna Summer, but Nancy transposes the original recording's G minor key to the key of C minor. This lead me to Nancy's new gift - having the ability to transpose yesteryear's hits on a dime into different keys.
Remember that "Hot Stuff" song - that line, "I want some Hot Stuff - baby this evening, I want some Hot Stuff - baby tonight. I want some Hot Stuff - baby this evening...." Something like that.
And Nancy Faust - the keenest baseball organist in the MLB business. Great ability to play by ear, and almost has a mind of Derek Paravicini - has about over 500 pop, rock, and old-time songs she can play without a struggle at all. And she can also play some of the old-time baseball music mainstays, like "Zorba the Greek", "Hava Nagilah", "Charge!", "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", and "Las Chimpanecas", and a lot lot more.
Many thanks for continuing to share Harry Caray games. I was raised on Harry and in my opinion he was the very best. I hope you will share more games with Harry as your time allows.
The firework show given here in 1980 was almost similar to Comiskey Park's post game firework shows in the 1970s. I think they started it around 1976 or so. The traditions in the 1970s firework shows in Comiskey Park was this... 1. Single aerial shell shots going off one at a time to probably give a taste of the grand finale to come. 2. Static ground displays - lances, pinwheels, static crackles, fountains and waterfalls between the explosions of aerial shells. 3. The grand finale was done probably by a cake of blocks of shells clustered together, and ending with pretty loud salute shells.
2:13:03 - that's no fluke - a picture-in-picture of both the White Sox action/end credits and some of the actual post-game fireworks that happened after that game, juxtaposed over each other picture-wise - something like a double-vision type of picture effect.
Bill Veeck started the Friday Night Fireworks in 1960, but it was discontinued after the Allyn brothers bought the White Sox a year later. Veeck revived it when he repurchased the ballclub in 1976. The current ownership moved the postgame fireworks to Saturday nights, but it has since reverted back to Fridays in recent years because of FOX's Saturday night exclusivity.
In the olden days, the post-game fireworks were taken out from some secret part of the outfield (where they are stored) into areas of the left, center, or right fields, with focus on center field, and had to be at some distance due to safety reasons according to the rules of close proximity fireworks. So that included the racks, the steel grids, mechanical spinners, the mortar cakes, and all that. Nowadays, post-game fireworks are prepared on a special truss outside behind right field - usually in the late afternoon of the night of the post-game fireworks show. And thanks to the inspiration of Souza Pyrotechnics (although mainly it was Melrose Pyro that does the shows these days), the fireworks are electrically fired from a console control system, not hand-fired like they did in the 1960s/1970s. This new method of firing reduced injuries to the pyrotechnicians. Also saves time too.
If you can find video evidence of the 1960 post game firework shows at Comiskey, it will be a real God-send. I cannot find it anywhere in the MBC video archives or any form of video archives across the Internet. I really want to see how the 1960s form of the post-game fireworks really look like.
Another baseball game played for future NBA guard Danny Ainge with the Toronto Blue Jays who is now the President of Basketball Operations for the Boston Celtics.
Caray: "...The Cubs are playing in Houston tonight, St. Louis is MURDERING Atlanta 6-0 in the 5th..." This is old school folks. It simply doesn't get any better than that.
I saw that well-hit that almost became a home run for the Sox at the 49:09 mark. If it were out of the park for good and was a goner (a dinger), there would have definitely had been some FIREWORKS GOING OFF!
The original menorah-shaped scoreboard appears at 23 minutes from the beginning! A little late to enjoy it, but I remember the way it looked! (The White Sox would finish fifth in 1980.)
old Comiskey, Harry and Jimmy, the old scoreboard, 440 ft to dead center.....oooh how I miss that place
57:55 mark - now this is one year after Disco Demolition night at White Sox Park (this happened on July 12, 1979), and Nancy Faust seems to reminisce a time when disco was more "loved" and then "hated". As a musician myself who can play the piano and organ, and heard the greatest pop and rock hits, I recognized that this song Nancy played was none other than the famous up-tempo disco classic, "Hot Stuff" sung by Donna Summer, but Nancy transposes the original recording's G minor key to the key of C minor. This lead me to Nancy's new gift - having the ability to transpose yesteryear's hits on a dime into different keys.
Remember that "Hot Stuff" song - that line, "I want some Hot Stuff - baby this evening, I want some Hot Stuff - baby tonight. I want some Hot Stuff - baby this evening...." Something like that.
And Nancy Faust - the keenest baseball organist in the MLB business. Great ability to play by ear, and almost has a mind of Derek Paravicini - has about over 500 pop, rock, and old-time songs she can play without a struggle at all. And she can also play some of the old-time baseball music mainstays, like "Zorba the Greek", "Hava Nagilah", "Charge!", "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", and "Las Chimpanecas", and a lot lot more.
Please keep these late 70s and 80s White Sox home games coming. Always enjoy listening to Harry Caray and organist Nancy Faust!
23:00 Harry Caray: Jennifer Pusateri is the batgirl tonight.
Jimmy Piersall: I'm not going to touch that.
I'm not from the area so I never had a chance to listen to Piersall and Caray, but I will say they were very entertaining!
I love White Sox games from this era on WSNS-44 and love seeing my other favorite American League team the Blue Jays.
Many thanks for continuing to share Harry Caray games. I was raised on Harry and in my opinion he was the very best. I hope you will share more games with Harry as your time allows.
The firework show given here in 1980 was almost similar to Comiskey Park's post game firework shows in the 1970s. I think they started it around 1976 or so.
The traditions in the 1970s firework shows in Comiskey Park was this...
1. Single aerial shell shots going off one at a time to probably give a taste of the grand finale to come.
2. Static ground displays - lances, pinwheels, static crackles, fountains and waterfalls between the explosions of aerial shells.
3. The grand finale was done probably by a cake of blocks of shells clustered together, and ending with pretty loud salute shells.
2:13:03 - that's no fluke - a picture-in-picture of both the White Sox action/end credits and some of the actual post-game fireworks that happened after that game, juxtaposed over each other picture-wise - something like a double-vision type of picture effect.
Bill Veeck started the Friday Night Fireworks in 1960, but it was discontinued after the Allyn brothers bought the White Sox a year later. Veeck revived it when he repurchased the ballclub in 1976. The current ownership moved the postgame fireworks to Saturday nights, but it has since reverted back to Fridays in recent years because of FOX's Saturday night exclusivity.
In the olden days, the post-game fireworks were taken out from some secret part of the outfield (where they are stored) into areas of the left, center, or right fields, with focus on center field, and had to be at some distance due to safety reasons according to the rules of close proximity fireworks. So that included the racks, the steel grids, mechanical spinners, the mortar cakes, and all that. Nowadays, post-game fireworks are prepared on a special truss outside behind right field - usually in the late afternoon of the night of the post-game fireworks show. And thanks to the inspiration of Souza Pyrotechnics (although mainly it was Melrose Pyro that does the shows these days), the fireworks are electrically fired from a console control system, not hand-fired like they did in the 1960s/1970s. This new method of firing reduced injuries to the pyrotechnicians. Also saves time too.
If you can find video evidence of the 1960 post game firework shows at Comiskey, it will be a real God-send. I cannot find it anywhere in the MBC video archives or any form of video archives across the Internet. I really want to see how the 1960s form of the post-game fireworks really look like.
Another baseball game played for future NBA guard Danny Ainge with the Toronto Blue Jays who is now the President of Basketball Operations for the Boston Celtics.
Caray: "...The Cubs are playing in Houston tonight, St. Louis is MURDERING Atlanta 6-0 in the 5th..." This is old school folks. It simply doesn't get any better than that.
Harry at about 30:30 - “Whatever happened to Latin?” OMG LOL
Sure am glad the sale to Ed DiBartolo that Harry and Jimmy talked about at the beginning didn't go through! The team would have been gone!
I saw that well-hit that almost became a home run for the Sox at the 49:09 mark. If it were out of the park for good and was a goner (a dinger), there would have definitely had been some FIREWORKS GOING OFF!
The sale to Eddie D fell through, who knows what might have been if it went through
Uh-oh...Lamar Johnson didn't close the trap door. (31:30)
Why did u cut out the commercials! Lol good post but having the commercials would have been perfect !
Danny Ainge playing pro baseball and playing NCAA basketball?
Good times!
Britt Burns pitched as if he was playing dodgeball. Almost all of his pitches were fastballs.
a wonderful upload:)d o you have any home games of the 1987 redsox? I really loved that season.
The original menorah-shaped scoreboard appears at 23 minutes from the beginning! A little late to enjoy it, but I remember the way it looked! (The White Sox would finish fifth in 1980.)
Cannon what were you thinking!!!????
Caray was half in the bag at first pitch!
Harry Caray (PBP) & Jimmy Piersall (C) 1-3/7-9
Joe McConnell (PBP) 4-6
Hola
Harold Baines without the leg kick just looks wrong.
DeBartolo was denied ownership on this date
Shitty umpiring in the bot of the 7th! Missed both the play at first and third!!