The 'Ten Cent Beer Night' Riot
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2019
- The June 4, 1974, night game between the Texas Rangers and the Cleveland Indians was one for the record books. Whether because of the cheap beer, the hot weather, college students home for summer, or the full moon, the things that made the game memorable had little to do with playing baseball. It is history that deserves to be remembered.
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"There was a buzz in the crowd." Deserves a thumbs up all on it's own!
...but they had suspiciously long hair, god'damn hippies.....!
I heard what he did there. Lol
Ya a buzz hehe hehe
"I've got 2 bucks in my pocket. You do the math." Hahahahahahaha
Probably best to do the maths before you drink the beer.😊
That one cracked me up too, Matt C!
Ummm...subtract the 6...carry the 2...
Miss Tim Russert. He was special.
The crowd went wild on 3.2 beer? You do the math.
The best part is the song, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," being played by the stadium organist, while this huge riot, this melee, is all over the field.
"This is why we can't have nice things - and it deserves to be remembered."
This is, in my honest opinion, the single most underrated TH-cam comment I've seen since I started my account in 2005.
These people had their fun in the 70's. Now they are Democrats and they don't want ANYONE to be able to have any fun!
@@tdunph4250 Oh gee
look another one who has to pull politics out of their ass on a video that has absolutely nothing about politics.
@@wsmokr - He was telling the truth. Many of those long haired hippies are the LibTards of today... and the reason we have these marxist groups rampaging.
no that's how you get ants . do you want ants because that's how you get em
"I had 2 Dollars in my pocket. You do the math." LOL. Tim is sorely missed.
One of the last likable Democrat.
We ran out of likeable Republicans a long time ago.
And was from Buffalo, NY I believe.
@@paulboy9101: 'Little Russ' was a proud native of the city that taught the world to enjoy deep fried chicken wings. He had recently graduated from John Carroll University, and was preparing to begin law school @ Cleveland-Marshall. His work ethic was prodigious, proudly claimed from watching his father ('Big Russ') perform 2 full time jobs during his youth. 'Give it your all. Then, give it some more.' Would make time to hear him speak whenever he would return to CLE/NEO, considering it time well spent.
@@paulboy9101 He went to college and law school in Cleveland.
That's basically 1970s in twelve and a half minutes.
Agreed. We enjoyed a ten cent beer night in the 70's at a local bar in Marlboro Massachusetts which also ended in a melee. The good old days.
@@MikeJones-rk1un these past few years have also been quite tumultuous for America for sure.
@@elhombredeoro955 No problem here. Just stay out or my country.
@@elhombredeoro955 El name-caller?
More like the 70's in 12 ounces of cheap beer.
who would've guessed that billy martin would be in the middle of this?
… [everyone raises hands]
Thought the same, when I heard his name. Hahaha.
He didn't case it, this time.
@J Smith I think I have his 72 card
Martin was the third best manager the Rangers ever had; right after Oates and Washington.
Sometimes, even the silly needs to be remembered. Thank you, Sir.
You think that was silly ! !!
That was great.
You should do a sequel with the Chicago White Sox's Disco Demolition Night 1979.
AGREED!!!
I was at Disco Demo, it was crazy.
Steve Dahl is a real American Hero for killing disco!
The funny part is the promoter who convince Cleveland to do a 10-cent beer night was also the guy who thought up disco demolition night.
TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!
10 cent beer, basebrawl riots, firecrakers, streakers and topless women.......I miss the 70s.
Don't worry about that. Remember what they say about history repeating itself!
We have 4 of 5 here...dry county till a few years ago. Give iit time.
@worddunlap You still have topless women. That's what counts!
@@tenhirankei yes. But some of those"women" are actually"women"
How bout it? Good times!
It's hell when you go to a riot and a baseball game breaks out!
Finally something interesting happens!
"Son, tonight you become a man. Honey, hold our beers."
Reminds me of a Kids in the Hall sketch where it's a kid's birthday and as part of becoming a man, his father takes him out to a field and makes him watch as he gets blind stinking drunk and then makes the kid drive home by himself, leaving his father piss drunk in the middle of a field. Now there's a right of passage.
@@halonothing1 I swear THG comments are the highest brow humour on all of youtube.
@@PaulRudd1941 Definitely the among the highest brow comments in general on the internet as far as I'm concerned.
@BC Bob I hold my beer in my belly
"they don't have enough fans, to worry about that " I quote Mr. Martin,
wm c barker
And he got his ass kicked for it.
I grew up in Cincinnati, graduated in 76. That quote from Billy Martin is remembered by all fans south of Columbus.... lol
This is even better than the Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 story, and that one is a gem. Thank you, History Guy!
Aaaah, the 60s & 70s, great times to be alive, yet my kids & grandkids still think my stories of my youth can't possibly be true 😄
Have you tried to explain the arcane attractions of Boone's Farm "wine" and the lamentation sand scandalized feelings when the price was raised from 98 cents/.bottle to $1.25?
As a guy currently in his early 20s, I wish we could get away with even just 10% of the crazy shit (well, just the harmless fun type of stuff, I do like most of the progress that's been made on a variety of social issues but just wish that people who are just pulling a silly joke that doesn't hurt or disturb anyone wouldn't be hunted down by detectives and prosecuted like crazy) that people used to get away with lol. Please keep telling your stories, even if they make me jealous and few of us even believe them!
Did you make any money trying to sell oregano as weed? I remember that as pastime.
My memories of a child in the 70's. "Car seats? We don't need no stinking car seats. The back of the station wagon is my playground."
I'm from Cleveland, instantly clicked like when this came up in my feed!
Cleveland was much improved by the time I visited there in 1981. I even took a tour cruise on the Cuyahoga River.
I remember the '70s very well, and it was a depressing time. I was very young but I do remember that the papers were doing their best to make sure everyone knew just how bad it was lol........some things just don't change.
They still do that to us. We just learn to accept it as Clevelanders.
The History Guy, hands down the BEST at telling history on youtube.
Great account of 10 cent beer night. No one has gone into so much of the background and other details of the game. Well done.
Yep, that's how I remember the 70's. Streaking was almost a recognized sport.
I have heard the broadcast of this event. It has a Hindenburg Oh! The humanity feel to it.
Where can one find this broadcast?
As a Clevelander and a fan of the channel, I was so excited to see this episode and you did not disappoint. I knew a guy who snuck in a keg beneath his wheelchair and another person who took an entire seat home from the stadium. Wild times.
That was a great game. The line for the Men's room was huge. Guys were pissing out the windows on the upper decks..hahahah.
This is one of my favorite baseball stories!
I love the range of subjects on your channel.😃
IKR? Enjoyable to see something different, than just wars.
As a season ticket holder I was at this game with my friend. The only .10 beer I got all night was spilled on me. True fans were rare, idiots were out in force. It was great to watch mounted police clear the field with cavalry like precision.
party pooper.
That's the 1970's.
Lived it.
Apart from the beer price, this would have constituted a normal home game for Millwall FC in the 1970s.
So do a video about it...
Not something to brag about
@@mmclaurin8035 Mere statement of fact.
@@Peasmouldiasoccer (footie) is gay and the players are more effeminate than most American women
Tim Russert: I had 2 dollars in my pocket, You do the math!!
Tim Russert drunk? The imagination swirls.
He was prolly the one with the fire crackers, lol
This was the most famous 10 cent beer brawl, but they didn’t learn lessons. During the 70s and early eighties places still ran 25 cent mug nights and fights and people laying in gutters still abound. I know cause I went to them.
Geneva on the Lake has $1 cans and mixed drinks on the week ends at Yankee's!
Stroh's beer,,,aka "Detroit river water".
Back in the old days,,,3.2 beer was called sunday beer.
In the old days you could only buy 3.2 beer on sunday in ohio,,,no 6% or liquor sales.
18 year olds could buy 3.2 beer.
I remember when P.O.C. beer was the stadium brand. P.O.C. - Piss of Cleveland.
@J Smith My dad tells me that, in his day, the slogan was "Hey Mable, Black Label!" Back in the late 80's Carling tried to rebrand Black Label as a cool, alternative and hip, the drink of young urban artists. I suspect it came out of precisely the same vat as all of Carling's homogenous products. Carling was bought by Molson's and Molson's was bought by Coors and Coors was bought by Miller.
@@jackgrattan1447 some bad suds at the Old Stadium - Schmidts(made at Union & E 93rd),Gennessee,POC,Stroh's,Black Label
Here in KY Sundays state wide was dry. After prohibition some counties chose to stay dry. I remember when Lex allowed alcohol by the drink in restaurants on Sundays but it still took years and some counties are STILL dry.
ps I used to drink Strohs beer.
@Scrappleton II Miller
Native Clevelander here. I was a kid when this happened. Never knew how WILD it got! I love The History Guy!!! He really does his research!
For some reason "10 cent beer" and Cleveland automatically make me think of guaranteed chaos.
Hell yeah!
Being English I do not have a great understanding of Baseball, but we are no strangers to beer fuelled misbehaviour at sporting events! This was a splendid, and very amusing tale, and definitely deserves to be remembered. Well done history guy.
My local farm league had $1 PBR 16 ounce drafts one night... mayhem ensued! Cannot imagine 10cent beers
$1 today is roughly the same value as 10 cent was back then. In the 70s you could get a cheap bear for 25 cents in a lot of places.
Correct, gas was about a quarter for a gallon back than making a $1 beer compare to an 10cent beer.
I think I was making about $2.40/hr as a Teamster college summer hire working the loading docks in 1974, so $.10 was a deal then but not as insane as it sounds today.
@@hagamapama - More like $0.52, but that's still 10% or less than what beer costs at a ballpark these days.
@@kevinconrad6156 - Then, as now, gasoline was cheaper than water.
Originally from Cleveland, I was 6 years old when this took place. Great episode, THG!
I was 9 from mentor. I remember that day.
I was almost 6, from Bay Village.
@@ZEZERBING 9 years old as well I from Youngstown. Remember like it was yesterday
I was 11, almost 12, from Shaker Heights.
I was also 6...was 11 when the Comiskey park disco fiasco happened.
I remember when Homer Simpson gave up drinking beer during baseball game. He said, "I never noticed how boring baseball was before."
In WW2 my dad was a navy officer in the Solomon Islands. One day he was being transported aboard a navy bomber loaded with beer. As they came in for a landing the copilot accidentally opened the bomb bay doors. All that beer dumped on the runway.
Talk about a bad fitness report!
The History Guy Hits another Home Run with this episode. History Worth Remembering.
10 beers for $1 at a sports event, what could go wrong?
Ahh just about everything!!! Hahaha 😆
Now it's ten dollars for one beer.
Limit was 6 at a time.
Yeah but, back then 10 cents was like a dollar......
$0.10 in 1974 is $0.52 in 2020
I have three words: Disco Demolition Night. It was Chicago's experience in raucous fandom. I was there. Email on the way.
That event was peak intolerance.
You would think Americans would be the first to respect others tastes, but no.
@@georgewilson7432 Shove off.
At $8.50 a beer they shouldn't ever worry about this happening again!
As a huge Indians fan I've heard this story many times however, not once so clear nor concise as your telling of it, great job!
Oh, yes they call him "the streak", fastest thing on two feet...A very interesting and chaotic time in history, thanks History Guy!
"It's not like it cost them the pennant or anything."
@Tucsoncoyote 2019: CLE pays for stadium construction/renovations everyday. Cuyahoga county residents have been paying a supplemental (sin) tax on alcohol/tobacco products since '91. Gateway corp was created to publically finance/build pro sports venues, in the area just south of Public Square, the former Central Market district. Gateway's authority expanded in the immediate aftermath of the football team's move to Baltimore in '95. Memorial Stadium was demolished to make way for the new Browns stadium, as prerequisite for CLE to receive the expansion/replacement franchise in '99.
You can visit the remains of the old stadium: Fishing or scuba charters to the offshore drop sites in Lake Erie. Don't forget to bring your dime.
@Tucsoncoyote 2019 Well, they tore that one down a long time ago.
@@ltmundy5859 Thank you (sincerely) for that history. CLE, as a city, was truly pissed when the Browns (sans the Browns name) moved to Baltimore. True fans!
This is one of the most iconic baseball stories of all time... from the memorable era of being a baseball fan.
Thanks for a good laugh! You took me back to my college years; one bar had "dime night," another had "any coin, any drink night," and those all generally ended in mayhem. The real chaos came when the rugby team showed up on those nights, you'd think it was a nudist convention.
History Guy, you Sir have got to be the BEST video host, orator, speaker or commentator (take your pick or all the above and you probably have a better word for what you do!) BAR NONE on the internet and TV!
I've never seen better delivery, quicker wit or greater sense of humor, no matter what the topic and I thoroughly enjoy every video you make! Your channel should be required viewing for every history class as well as journalism. Great stuff thanks again!
Don C. He's a rotten historian. Nixon resigned in August, 1974, not November, 1974. What does that make your review?
Another native Clevelander here, I was 7 when this happened. My late uncle was an usher at Cleveland stadium and passed away the same year it was demolished.
Another bizarre feature with 1974, a few incidents of which you noted at this game, was the phenomenon of streaking. I was only 7 in 1974 but heard and recorded a 1983 Dr. Demento show of songs on the subject.
DON'T LOOK, ETHEEEEELLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
@@theuglybiker "but it was too late, she got mooned.". Yep The Streak by Ray Stevens was by far the most famous song to come out of that craze.
Ah, the 70s! We were wacky kids in those days!
Roxi Smith The 80s weren’t too far behind. When they attempted to ban smoking at my school, a bunch of students went up the hill and tore down the “Pittston Area Patriots” sign that had stood there for years. Thankfully it wasn’t the 90s and later when kids suddenly turned into Neo from “The Matrix” and came to school loaded for bear. Yikes!
This sums up Cleveland better than anyone could have. I'm from Cleveland & remember this event. I haven't had such a good laugh in a long while! Thanks History Guy! :)
A great recap of this event.
If I were a history teacher, i would definitely play your videos throughout the subject appropriate curriculum.
I miss the old stadium! The last time I was there I was with the love of my life, Stephanie. I miss her more.
Happy 49th Anniversary of Ten Cent Beer Night! ⚾️🍻😎
I really enjoyed this! I grew up in Cleveland and I was 9 years old at the time.
Alcohol causing problems? I have never heard anything so ridiculous.
Mike
Now UGA wants to sell beer during Georgia Bulldogs games.
That's a fact
Better ban all people! Lol
This can only end well
I remember this and regret not being there !
Hello fellow history guy friends
Sup
How u doin'?
Today alone, among others, I've watched videos of yours on the USS Pennsylvania, Dandelions, and the Ten-cent Beer Night Riot. Can I just take a moment to say how great your channel is? Thank you! History deserves to be remembered.
Yes, and I do remember Billy Martin! This incident was a part of the malaise of the 1970's, worth forgetting.
@The History Guy - I was actually at the place in Cleveland LTV works where the Cuyahoga river fire happened. I met the man who was in charge at that time and was the safety director for LTV. He told me the story of the railroad bridge I was standing on above the river being what was actually on fire... There is a story here and it deserves to be remembered and told.
I was driving home from Painesville, Ohio to my hotel in Cleveland. Listened to the game on my way when the unrest began. The night before, I was in a bar next to my hotel. Billy Martin and his guys were in there. Billy was a hoot.
0:07 - 0:10 - Hate to nitpick, but Nixon resigned in August, not November, 1974.
Yeah, I was 14 and remember it happening during summer vacation.
August 9th, 1974 to be exact.
He was on a roll
@@thereaperfiles899 I was packing up a UHaul truck at my mom's house and heading out to Boston to go to college that same night.
A great follow up someday would be the Disco Demolition Night at Cominsky Park.
@2manynegativewaves You know this how? Were you in the room when Disco Demolition Night was planned? Way too many TH-cam commenters insist everything that happens is about race or politics. Give it a rest already.
My dad was there! He just watched the chaos unfurl as the night went on. Your account here matches the story I’ve heard for years.
To those like me who were wondering, a six pack of beer in 1974 cost $2.30. So, the deal was almost four (3.8) beers for the price of one.
The Indians had a lot of promotions that season and one was "halter top night." They gave a halter top to each woman attending.
This was back when Cleveland rocked.
Still does. Visit sometime. Better than ever.
@@popsfereal3192 We must be living in two different Clevelands.
@@jackgrattan1447 You must live in Kamm's Corners, haha.
@@popsfereal3192 Close. I'm originally from the W. 100th and Lorain area. But that was in the late '50s when it was still white.
@@jackgrattan1447 lol.
Another reason why this modestly produced series is one of THE BEST on the internet. Only the combination of erudite/funny/droll of our esteemed host could pull this off.
Thank you so much!
Thoroughly enjoy your sometimes obscure looks into our past as history truly does need to be remembered! Thank you.
Cleveland Rocks!
I wish you had mentioned that Ranger Mike Hargrove later lead the Tribe to several World Series in the 90s...
Hargrove Was A Bum.... Never Managed To Win WS.... By The Book Mgr. Cost US Tribe Fans A Least 2 WS WINS !!! Worst Manager EVER With The BEST Talent Indians Teams EVER !!
@@ssbeebs What have you done with your meager existence? If he was a bum, you're a twat.
This is so well done: the writing; the delivery; the bowtie. Bravo.
Was just a kid in 1974, hadn't heard this story. Well done. 👍👍👍
i can remember this being on the front page of the cleveland plain dealer for a week.
Bill Jacocks reporting live from CLE stadium for WEWS' 11 o'clock news. Rumors abound that he drew straws with Ted Henry and Dave Patterson for the privilege (think he lost.) Arrived home from the game, just in time to see live news reports from the home(brewed) riot. Look on mom's face as we walked through the door said it all: Dad is sleeping on the couch tonight. Lucky he didn't end up in the dog's house....
Publicly financed sports stadiums at their best.
Your tax dollars at work!
@Tucsoncoyote 2019 ,
10 cent 3.5% no limit beer and grenade launchers? ... Hmmm. ... I'm in!
Absolutelty,I was there for the game Joe Turkey" Jones almost broke Bradshaw's neck.And Lenny Barkers perfect game.I wished I had kept the programs
Wow my b-day was the anniversary of the teams previous brawl...sitting in the hospital this definitely put a smile on my face...you are awesome history guy!
My father took me to this game. I was 11 at the time. By the 4th inning he saw how out of control things were getting so we left. I remember listening to the game on the radio on our way back home and hearing how crazy it was.
And... Hello 1974!
Disco!
Vietnam!
Tornadoes!
National Disaster...
Tough year! For sure...
Tom Grieve, went on to be General Manager of the Rangers still does the color commentary for Rangers games.
Such a great story teller. The first time I watched this episode was with a friend. We laughed hard watching it several times because of our laughter.
The History Guy must have had to restart the recording from enjoying the telling. So much fun for us and I am sure fun for you,
One of the greatest nights of my Life
Love that picture at 8 and half minutes. I don't think it's Cleveland when it says in the outfield. "This is Braves Country"
Love the history either way, keep up the good work.
Yes, you're right. Braves fan here, that image is Turner Field in Atlanta.
Thank you for another interesting and well researched video. ^_^
Crazy! I was only two years old when this happened. People really took their sports seriously back then. Keep em coming.
Well from everything I've gathered about North East Ohio from growing up here this sounds exactly like something that would happen given the circumstances. The way it was told made the already funny story hilarious to me thinking about us people here. Well told sir! Subbed!
Bravo. Great coverage on what happened. I was 19 and loved beer and from Cleveland. You do the math !
AWESOME! Always heard about this story
That was a baseball game worth watching !!
What a memory!. Dime a beer night was great, but I missed that one. I know Cleveland was falling apart, but northeast Ohio was a great place to be a 20 year old. We had the greatest music on Earth, lots to do, and it was the year of streakers. I wish I could go back.
Indians manager: "I need a naked pinch runner to steal second. "
Cleveland fan:
"Hold my beer"
Sorry, couldn't resist
DOH!!!!!🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️. Somebody did not think this ideal all the way through. 🍻🍻🍻🍻⚾⚾⚾⚾
They never do. Now let's go have a beer or eight or ten.
I watched another documentary on this and they mentioned that the man who stole the player's hat went on to become a successful business owner who was given the Citizen of the Year award in the suburban town he lived in.
Actually, that 1969 river fire attracted attention mostly because of how unusual it was. The widely circulated picture wasn't of that fire, but one from around 20 years earlier as the fire was so brief nobody had taken a picture of it. Had there been a picture, the small size of the fire (which was spilled fuel from a boat, and not very big at all) might have stifled the story. There hadn't been a fire on that river in years, so this one got attention because it was very rare by that time.
I remember most of this so funny yet amazing thanks for the memory
And that's when beer went from $.10 to $8.00!
Lol!
I was born and raised in Cleveland and remember all these things well, the river fires, snow drifts ass high in winter, trading away Paul Warfield for Mike Phipps. But the radio stations (WIXY 1260 A.M. and WMMS F.M. ) rocked.
You only remember then ass high? haha. Lifetime Clevelander here.
This is what I love about history, its so broad that there is endless material