I really miss Comiskey. I loved that ballpark. At one time Chicago was the Mecca of classic stadiums in the U.S. We had Comiskey Park, Wrigley Field, Chicago Stadium and Soldier Field (before renovation) all being used at once.
I had just come back to Chicago from a trip to China, yes that China, and my buddy JR came over and asked me if I wanted to go to a Sox game because it was disco demolition night. So we swiped the double disco album of Rod Stewart’s do you think I’m sexy
@𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 In my many years I've been to the original Yankee Stadium, Shea. the Polo Grounds, the Metro Dome, Kaufman Stadium (KC), County (Milwaukee), Beloit, Midway (St Paul), Parade Grounds (Minneapolis). Been to many amateur venues as well. The absolute greatest baseball stadium I ever went to was the original Comiskey Park. It had the best baseball atmosphere of all the parks I ever attended. I could blind fold anyone, put him in the parking lot or any other part of Comiskey, and he would know he was in a baseball field. The smell of popcorn, of hot dogs/mustard, of the grass, of everything and whammo - you know you're in a ballpark. What an atmosphere! The folks there really knew and appreciated the game of baseball. Folks in the Windy City are true baseball fans. So great to watch the game there back in the day.
@@merccadoosis8847 Metrodome not withstanding, which was quite awkward for baseball, I miss the old Commisky Park and Yankee Stadium, especially the former
At 64 years of age I've accumulated a bunch of memories. None stands out more than the most surreal experience of my life, that being Disco Demolition Night!
Steve and Gary were already leading the charge against Disco, and they had a *lot* of listeners. Baseball hated it, especially since they had to cancel the second game, but Veech probably loved it,, lol...
Where is Steve Dahl? Not one mention of him in this video. He had a LOT to do with Disco Demolition and remember seeing him on CBS WBBM TV news the day after interviewed by Lee Phillips apologizing for the debacle.
Played there in 1970, winning the Chicago Public League baseball championship for Fenger HS. It's a wonderful memory my teammates and I will never forget.
Part of the issue with The Cell always was when it was built. It was one of the few “modern” baseball stadiums ever built and immediately following its opening came Camden Yards which ushered in the “Retro Classic” stadiums that have become so popular. And then the Sox kept renovating the stadium to give it a more retro vibe, which no matter how much you do, you’re just never going to get.
That was a hell of a team that year winning their division by 20 games even though they started the season 44-48 and then went 55-15 to finish 99-63. I still get pissed thinking about how Tito Landrum hit his only home run of the year in the Britt Burns 10 inning pitching duel and they got drummed out by the Orioles who played Philadelphia in the World Series
As a lifelong Chicago resident I have to say I thoroughly enjoy your posts about Chicagos history. I am also a Cubs fan too so you got my vote for a video about Wrigley. Just because I'm a Cubbies fan though doesn't mean I'm a hater of the Sox. They're both Chicago teams so I'll cheer for them both. Along with the Bears. Been watching your videos for awhile now and realized I never subbed to your channel, so now I did. Anyway I enjoy watching all your content so keep em coming.
He used to come to Dubuque, Iowa. He founded a small 3 acre park across the street from my house. There was a wooden ball field. That has been long gone now.
America already is well familiar with Wrigley Field, to the point of it being a Chicago staple and thus, a cliche. It had a much higher profile even when Comiskey Park was still standing.
This is a fitting tribute to Comisky park. Having seen a game there, while I was visiting in 1989, I have fond memories of the place. I’m from Arizona, and the Diamondbacks didn’t exist yet. I had never seen a baseball game “In person”. I realized we couldn’t have this open-air stadium for baseball games in Arizona. At least, not on most days in the summer……
"Soulless, Corporate Imitation" Such great words. Too many corporate names on stadiums. First Energy here in Cleveland is renamed back to Cleveland Browns Stadium this year, almost Instantly! Thanks Ryan, good job 👍.
My little boy and I traveled from Chicago to Cleveland after Christmas and saw the Browns clinch a playoff spot on that Thursday night against the Jets. What a fun experience and great stadium!
I worked at both US cellular and wrigley field in the press box as a camera man. I’m not a huge baseball fan but I did enjoy going to both parks. When I was a wrigley I felt as though I was in a time warp while at us cellular felt like a serious place of business.
My 1st game was seeing the White Sox playing the Yankees with Reggie Jackson on the team still. I remember that like it was 5 minutes ago. What an experience
Make the video. I'm a Red Sox fan, native New Englander and am thrilled that Fenway Park has been preserved. I'm sure that many of us would enjoy learning more about Wrigley.
Nobody calls it Comiskey lol everyone calls it White Sox Park, that's the name it was given when it was built. Jackoff millionaire Charles Comiskey bought the stadium years after it's construction and renamed it after himself as an ego trip. You're right though that a certain age group of people do occasionally still refer to it as "the Cell."
I was a very young boy when we went to a game at Comisky Park at night in 1968. There were police with German Shepherd dogs and long shot guns outside and I was shocked. Soon after we went back east from our visit to Chicago, the riots broke out in full force. It was my first exposure to the dire conditions of the African American communities in inner cities and the brink of social upheaval. The game went on without any incidents that night, played the Twins. I still remember that sight quite clearly. The sight lines were very good despite my father getting the cheapest seats possible because he had five sons and worked hard for his paycheck.
@@gr8laboyIs that true? I have caught obvious mistakes and ridiculous mispronunciations in his videos, but I chalked it up to nervousness or lousy research or…well…ignorance. But if what you say is accurate, that would explain a lot.
"ComiTsky" *_Disco Demolition!!!_* along with 10¢ Beer Night in Cleveland in 1974, were the two most infamous events ever. Ahhh, the 70's. There were also two "West Side Parks" for the Cubs before they moved into Wrigley. Many of the oldest ballclubs had more homes than is generally known. Harry sang in the seventh inning, not the seventeenth. It's Reinsdorf, not Rainsdorf.
They didn’t have massive property tax bills either. Government raises taxes to a point that you have to go in partnership with them. Trust me, no one even mega rich sports teams want anything to do with a corrupt government
I attended that last night game at Comiskey and it was very moving. After the game ended they had rigged "explosives" in some of the lights like in the movie The Natural starring Robert Redford and they used the musical soundtrack to the movie while the explosives were set off. Also, working as a locomotive engineer I would occasionally go past Comiskey during a tour of duty at night in that part of Chicago and I noted how when Reinsdorff owned the Sox only one or two lights would be on but after the new Comiskey was built the lights would burn bright and make it look like daylight. I could only wonder how Reinsdorff went from being so cheap to being so expansive to burn that much electricity. No doubt the city or the state were picking up the electric bill!
You're not a Sox fan if you call it "Comiskey Park" lol all Sox fans call it by its original name, White Sox Park. It was built and opened under that name and then years later, jackoff millionaire Charles Comiskey bought the stadium and renamed it after himself.
It should be noted that the "Infamous Eight" were found innocent in court over the BlackSox scandal and baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who ruled with an iron fist, banned them anyway. I would totally love to see you cover Wrigley field.
I’m from Connecticut. I went to Marquette and started in the fall of 1991. I remember driving through Chicago and seeing the old stadium partially demolished. This made Fenway the oldest park still in use.
17th inning… is that what you said about Harry. And yes, cubs fans watch your channel. But this was a great episode about a place I went to many times with Sox fans.
Chicago native and Sox fan. Parents had season tickets 82 - 90. I think I attended about 500 games there. Many memories.... 83 All-Star game....Kittle, Luzinski , and Fisk roof shots....83 Playoffs (Tito Landrum !!!!) I would sit down LF line on occasion, especially when Rickey Henderson was in LF , whatever team he was on. Rickey would have running conversations with fans lol. I never liked those mascots (Ribby & Rhubarb) they had , I didn't care for Andy the Clown , either. All in all the ball field at 35th & Shields was a highlight of my time growing up.
Good stuff, man, I live on 35th street and can hear the fireworks when the Sox win.. Got a suggestion, would you do a video about the Old Chicago amusement park that was in Bolingbrook? I remember going there as a kid
you should do a history series of sport arenas/fields, etc, wou;d be interesting to know about teams coming and going, fields changing. Love your content, makes me feel local, cheers from Calgary.
Growing up near old Comiskey, when we went to Armor Park to play baseball we would walk down 34th street to get baseballs to play with. The street was full of them because foul balls to the north or 3rd base side would leave the park on occasion. My earliest baseball memory was ‘83. My mother was able to get me a replica White Sox uniform from the same company that supplied the White Sox. I still have it. I also still have a couple of old seats from Comiskey that my dad obtained from the demolition company or someone from the neighborhood with connections. Haha! Having family in the area for over 100 years allowed for some helpful connections. Haha!
Very well done, many games and concerts at Comiskey. Organist Nancy Faust once played Genesis Abacab for me! And Rush w/ Foghat was a great concert in 1979. Keep these videos coming!
I visited Comiskey Park many times as a child in the 1980s. I remember the neighborhood being not so great back then. One time a cop saw me and my mom walking through the dark after a game and offered to give us a ride back to our car. I was stoked that I got to ride inside a police car without being arrested. :D
My friend and I visited Chicago in 1990 and we asked a policeman how to get to Comiskey Park. He said "you don't want to go there, it's in the South Side." I'd heard that before but we didn't have any problems.
I went to bat day about 1988 anyway said to my dad at our pregame tailgate in our party bus something makes me laugh to this day. I asked if he ever wondered if anyone was killed over at the railroad tracks across the parking lot. He never answered but we had a great time anyway watching Yankees and Mattingly in town and Jack Clark hit a center field home run for NY. July 2 1988 NBC Game of the Week
I had made it a goal to visit as many of the older baseball parks starting in the 1980’s. One of the parks I got to prior to demolition was Comiskey Park. As noted the sight lines were great and I enjoyed seeing a game there. It as sad to see it go but that is what was happening to a lot of older parks. The newer corporate owners wanted the latest additions like super boxes and added dining facilities to maximize the revenue they could from a ball park. At least we still have Wrigley field and the Red Sox’s ballpark to enjoy the old flavor of days gone by.
I highly recommend making a video of the Cubs. Interestingly, Wrigley Field is the last remnant of the 1914-1915 Federal League. Also interesting is how Wm Wrigley acquired the stadium. I also recommend making a video of Bill Veeck . Very interesting guy.
I remember seeing that game on TV. Kittle hit 7 of them over the roof in his career. That was no small feat. Dick Allen I believe once hit the speakers or Scoreboard in center back in 1972 or so
As a near-north sider Cubs fan, the only time I went to Comiskey was in June of '61 to see a pro wrestling championship bout between Pat O'Connor ( a native New Zealander ), & "Nature Boy" Buddy Roger's ( inventor of the inescapable "figure-four" leg hold ), along w/ over 38,600 other fans, a wrestling attendance record that would stand for a little over 20 years. I do remember seeing Bill Veeck's exploding scoreboard on TV, w/ fireworks being shot off from it whenever a White Sox player hit a Homer. Good memories ( glad I still have them).
I been there a few times back in the 1980's. I remember back in 1983 it was July or August. That was a hot Summer indeed. So I end up there in the Yankees series. That place was packed and it was very loud. That series was a defining moment. I'm thinking the Yankees got swept. Fast Forward 16 years to 1999. The plat place New Comiskey Park was stale. To many seats. They eventually took out those seats. They played the Twins in that series. Afterwards I saw Big Frank at a restaurant. Someone wanted me while I was eating dinner to go say hi to Frank. I declined since I was a Cubs fan. Years later I would be working for the Cubs
I was in my second month of being an Andy Frain usher during Disco Demolition Night. There was a CLOUD of marijuana smoke in the air. We knew it was gonna be rowdy but....WOW! I was 16. By the time I graduated high school; I had worked many games at the park. Friday Nights were ALWAYS fun! The fights; the fireworks; you just knew Fridays at the barn were going to be fun
Your Dad was 100% correct. When my Dad took us to San Diego Stadium & it's many names, me & my brother felt like we were going to Disneyland. We lived over 100 miles from the stadium but I remember seeing Willie Mc Covey & Dave Winfield hitting skyrocket HR's during batting practice, I was in complete awe. Than I got the news late about them demolishing Jack Murphy stadium. Sad, just the scoreboard was left & where we last sat was paved dirt.
I've been there once before in 2010 and I like the new stadium. And the old Comisky Park stadium was featured in John Hughes' 1991 Comedy-Drama movie, Only The Lonely with John Candy, Ally Sheedy, Maureen O'Hara, Jim Belushi, and Anthony Quinn. There's a scene where John Candy and Ally Sheedy are having a night picnic on the field
I went to a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers that final season. In the 2nd game Nolan Ryan pitched, saw him warm up in rightfield throwing a football. There was rain in the air and the 2nd game was delayed and most fans left but not me I moved behind home plate in the upper deck and the foul balls straight back almost took my hands off. What fantastic memories of Comiskey Park but it was ageing badly at the end.
I was at that game! The thing I remember most is hundreds of camera flashes going off when Ryan threw his first pitch 😄 (I think that was his last season?). I still have the game program with autographs from Greg Hibbard and Bobby Thigpen
I was at Comiskey Park for disco demolition night.. We got to slide into 2nd base a couple times until somebody walked off with it...then we sang the national anthem will Bill Veeck
Nancy Faust -- hadn't thought of her in decades. And not everyone knows that Harry Caray was a Sox announcer for a while. And I am glad you didn't mention announcer Jack Drees -- he could cure insomnia. Thanks for the video.
Their is a Mariano's Food store near 39th and Union now. That area is called Bronzeville. I wonder if their a connection to the Browns baseball team on 39th st
I love your videos!!! I'm a huge fan of baseball and I would definitely LOVE to see you do a video on my favorite Chicago team, the Cubs and Wrigley Field!!!
Been to Comiskey Park twice, both times I sat in the upper deck. Felt like I was right on top of the field. Haven't been to GRF but it doesn't look like a priority.
Disappointed that they just didn't renovate this beauty, especially since years later stadiums like Cleveland, Baltimore, Texas brought back the old school look.
Remember the incident and fall out quite well. But at least Chicagoans have a passion for the game which is largely absent in most American cities. Having attended ballgames in a number of them, the difference in fandom is palpable.
Some correction, when Chewing Gum Field was built, it was built as Weeghman Park. It wasn’t until 1927. In fact another Wrigley Field was actually built before Chewing Gum Field in Chicago was named Chewing Gum. That Wrigley Field also hosted the first MLB night game at Wrigley Field
Please make a video of Wrigley Field. It's worth your time as there are many Cubs fans out there who may not know the history of Wrigley Field. The videos you create are Great!!!
Your videos are awesome bro. Can you do one on the Brooklyn Ball Parks. The Dodgers played at 2 Washington Parks and Eastern Park in my neighborhood of Brownsville. They also played Sunday games across the border in Queens. Thanks for the history lessons.
I really miss Comiskey. I loved that ballpark.
At one time Chicago was the Mecca of classic stadiums in the U.S.
We had Comiskey Park, Wrigley Field, Chicago Stadium and Soldier Field (before renovation) all being used at once.
I had just come back to Chicago from a trip to China, yes that China, and my buddy JR came over and asked me if I wanted to go to a Sox game because it was disco demolition night. So we swiped the double disco album of Rod Stewart’s do you think I’m sexy
...and the Chicago gone to Hell.
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In my many years I've been to the original Yankee Stadium, Shea. the Polo Grounds, the Metro Dome, Kaufman Stadium (KC), County (Milwaukee), Beloit, Midway (St Paul), Parade Grounds (Minneapolis). Been to many amateur venues as well. The absolute greatest baseball stadium I ever went to was the original Comiskey Park. It had the best baseball atmosphere of all the parks I ever attended.
I could blind fold anyone, put him in the parking lot or any other part of Comiskey, and he would know he was in a baseball field. The smell of popcorn, of hot dogs/mustard, of the grass, of everything and whammo - you know you're in a ballpark.
What an atmosphere! The folks there really knew and appreciated the game of baseball. Folks in the Windy City are true baseball fans. So great to watch the game there back in the day.
@@merccadoosis8847 Metrodome not withstanding, which was quite awkward for baseball, I miss the old Commisky Park and Yankee Stadium, especially the former
@@merccadoosis8847 Did you ever get to visit Ebbets Field?
At 64 years of age I've accumulated a bunch of memories. None stands out more than the most surreal experience of my life, that being Disco Demolition Night!
Steve and Gary were already leading the charge against Disco, and they had a *lot* of listeners. Baseball hated it, especially since they had to cancel the second game, but Veech probably loved it,, lol...
I was there brother!
Insane Coho Lips
HA. That was great!
Where is Steve Dahl? Not one mention of him in this video. He had a LOT to do with Disco Demolition and remember seeing him on CBS WBBM TV news the day after interviewed by Lee Phillips apologizing for the debacle.
Played there in 1970, winning the Chicago Public League baseball championship for Fenger HS. It's a wonderful memory my teammates and I will never forget.
Part of the issue with The Cell always was when it was built. It was one of the few “modern” baseball stadiums ever built and immediately following its opening came Camden Yards which ushered in the “Retro Classic” stadiums that have become so popular. And then the Sox kept renovating the stadium to give it a more retro vibe, which no matter how much you do, you’re just never going to get.
“Ballparks are a place to forget about reality for a while” - ^This guys father
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I saw my first MLB game at Comiskey Park in 1983. It’s what made me a White Sox fan.
1976 for me! Great ballpark
That was a hell of a team that year winning their division by 20 games even though they started the season 44-48 and then went 55-15 to finish 99-63. I still get pissed thinking about how Tito Landrum hit his only home run of the year in the Britt Burns 10 inning pitching duel and they got drummed out by the Orioles who played Philadelphia in the World Series
" It’s what made me a White Sox fan" admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery, good for you!
As a lifelong Chicago resident I have to say I thoroughly enjoy your posts about Chicagos history. I am also a Cubs fan too so you got my vote for a video about Wrigley. Just because I'm a Cubbies fan though doesn't mean I'm a hater of the Sox. They're both Chicago teams so I'll cheer for them both. Along with the Bears. Been watching your videos for awhile now and realized I never subbed to your channel, so now I did. Anyway I enjoy watching all your content so keep em coming.
Go Cubs!!!
He used to come to Dubuque, Iowa. He founded a small 3 acre park across the street from my house.
There was a wooden ball field.
That has been long gone now.
I'm not a Cubs fan but Wrigley is my favorite place to watch a baseball game. Plus there is so much history there. That video needs to happen.
Wrigley was originally built for another team, The Chicago Whales.
America already is well familiar with Wrigley Field, to the point of it being a Chicago staple and thus, a cliche. It had a much higher profile even when Comiskey Park was still standing.
No Wrigley didn't have a better national standing than Comiskey.
This is a fitting tribute to Comisky park. Having seen a game there, while I was visiting in 1989, I have fond memories of the place. I’m from Arizona, and the Diamondbacks didn’t exist yet. I had never seen a baseball game “In person”. I realized we couldn’t have this open-air stadium for baseball games in Arizona. At least, not on most days in the summer……
"Soulless, Corporate Imitation"
Such great words.
Too many corporate names on stadiums. First Energy here in Cleveland is renamed back to Cleveland Browns Stadium this year, almost Instantly!
Thanks Ryan, good job 👍.
My little boy and I traveled from Chicago to Cleveland after Christmas and saw the Browns clinch a playoff spot on that Thursday night against the Jets. What a fun experience and great stadium!
I fear that the future Bears stadium to be built near Soldier Field will also be having a soulless corporate name tacked on.
I worked at both US cellular and wrigley field in the press box as a camera man. I’m not a huge baseball fan but I did enjoy going to both parks. When I was a wrigley I felt as though I was in a time warp while at us cellular felt like a serious place of business.
My 1st game was seeing the White Sox playing the Yankees with Reggie Jackson on the team still. I remember that like it was 5 minutes ago. What an experience
I remember watching a game where Reggie was playing right at Comiskey and people threw all kinds of things onto the field at him
Make the video. I'm a Red Sox fan, native New Englander and am thrilled that Fenway Park has been preserved. I'm sure that many of us would enjoy learning more about Wrigley.
Agree! Fenway Park opened in 1912 and is still in use by the Boston Red Sox!
No one want to see the cubs🖕
As a life long sox fan no one calls it Guarantee Rate field its Comisky, Sox park or even still some call it the Cell. Loved the video great work.
I wish folks behind these videos would get the unique Chicagoisms correct.
Nobody calls it Comiskey lol everyone calls it White Sox Park, that's the name it was given when it was built. Jackoff millionaire Charles Comiskey bought the stadium years after it's construction and renamed it after himself as an ego trip. You're right though that a certain age group of people do occasionally still refer to it as "the Cell."
I've got an old brick from Comiskey
...layers of paint on one side really highlights the age
Shower in the outfield seats made me a fan for life
I was a very young boy when we went to a game at Comisky Park at night in 1968. There were police with German Shepherd dogs and long shot guns outside and I was shocked. Soon after we went back east from our visit to Chicago, the riots broke out in full force. It was my first exposure to the dire conditions of the African American communities in inner cities and the brink of social upheaval. The game went on without any incidents that night, played the Twins. I still remember that sight quite clearly. The sight lines were very good despite my father getting the cheapest seats possible because he had five sons and worked hard for his paycheck.
Chicago has been a cesspool ever since.
If Haray Caray had to wait 17 innings to sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame, he would be passed out drunk by then
"Take me out to the ballgame" would be less well known if it was only played during the 17th inning.
THANK YOU....I wanted to see if I was the only one who heard that
He does shit like this to get engagement and comments. Watch some of his other videos…the way he pronounces basic names and places is infuriating.
C'mon Socash, really 17th inning?
@@gr8laboy This is why I will not subscribe to his channel. I will watch the occasional video just for the historical aspect, but I'm not a fan.
@@gr8laboyIs that true? I have caught obvious mistakes and ridiculous mispronunciations in his videos, but I chalked it up to nervousness or lousy research or…well…ignorance. But if what you say is accurate, that would explain a lot.
"ComiTsky" *_Disco Demolition!!!_* along with 10¢ Beer Night in Cleveland in 1974, were the two most infamous events ever. Ahhh, the 70's.
There were also two "West Side Parks" for the Cubs before they moved into Wrigley. Many of the oldest ballclubs had more homes than is generally known.
Harry sang in the seventh inning, not the seventeenth. It's Reinsdorf, not Rainsdorf.
I think he's trolling us a bit.
I remember them both very well.
The same thing that happened to Comisky Park happened to every other old ballpark with the exception of Fenway and Wrigley.
I am glad I found this channel. Being a Chicago White Sox fan since 1960. Thanks.
Bill Veeck did not hire Nancy Faust, she started in 1970 or 71, while Arthur Allyn still owned the team.
Arthur Allyn did not own the team in 1970 in September 1969 he sold the team to his brother John
21:28 at the time of his retirement, the player pictured here, Ken Griffey Jr. was the last active major leaguer to have played at Comiskey Park.
Back when owners paid for their own stadiums! would love to see a wrigley episode!
They didn’t have massive property tax bills either. Government raises taxes to a point that you have to go in partnership with them. Trust me, no one even mega rich sports teams want anything to do with a corrupt government
I attended that last night game at Comiskey and it was very moving. After the game ended they had rigged "explosives" in some of the lights like in the movie The Natural starring Robert Redford and they used the musical soundtrack to the movie while the explosives were set off. Also, working as a locomotive engineer I would occasionally go past Comiskey during a tour of duty at night in that part of Chicago and I noted how when Reinsdorff owned the Sox only one or two lights would be on but after the new Comiskey was built the lights would burn bright and make it look like daylight. I could only wonder how Reinsdorff went from being so cheap to being so expansive to burn that much electricity. No doubt the city or the state were picking up the electric bill!
As a lifelong Sox fan, I've went Comiskey many times during the 1970's and 1980's. Miss that great grand ballpark
You're not a Sox fan if you call it "Comiskey Park" lol all Sox fans call it by its original name, White Sox Park. It was built and opened under that name and then years later, jackoff millionaire Charles Comiskey bought the stadium and renamed it after himself.
It should be noted that the "Infamous Eight" were found innocent in court over the BlackSox scandal and baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who ruled with an iron fist, banned them anyway.
I would totally love to see you cover Wrigley field.
What a beautiful park. Miss the old parks with such history. Wish i got to see a game here
Wrigley field next for demolition.
It's still and always will be Comiskey Park
And the Sears Tower and Lake Shore Drive! 😁
I luv the look of the old ballparks, I luved watching tigers games when they were on TV in my area
I’m from Connecticut. I went to Marquette and started in the fall of 1991.
I remember driving through Chicago and seeing the old stadium partially demolished.
This made Fenway the oldest park still in use.
At that point, it was tied with Detroit’s Tiger Stadium as both stadiums opened the same day in 1912.
People don't realize how close Fenway Park came to being demolished. They has the plans drawn up and the location.
17th inning… is that what you said about Harry.
And yes, cubs fans watch your channel. But this was a great episode about a place I went to many times with Sox fans.
Chicago native and Sox fan.
Parents had season tickets 82 - 90. I think I attended about 500 games there.
Many memories....
83 All-Star game....Kittle, Luzinski , and Fisk roof shots....83 Playoffs (Tito Landrum !!!!)
I would sit down LF line on occasion, especially when Rickey Henderson was in LF , whatever team he was on. Rickey would have running conversations with fans lol.
I never liked those mascots (Ribby & Rhubarb) they had , I didn't care for Andy the Clown , either.
All in all the ball field at 35th & Shields was a highlight of my time growing up.
Good stuff, man, I live on 35th street and can hear the fireworks when the Sox win.. Got a suggestion, would you do a video about the Old Chicago amusement park that was in Bolingbrook? I remember going there as a kid
Or the Old Riverview amusement park.
Old Chicago!
South of I55 on ILLINOIS 53
you should do a history series of sport arenas/fields, etc, wou;d be interesting to know about teams coming and going, fields changing. Love your content, makes me feel local, cheers from Calgary.
Growing up near old Comiskey, when we went to Armor Park to play baseball we would walk down 34th street to get baseballs to play with. The street was full of them because foul balls to the north or 3rd base side would leave the park on occasion.
My earliest baseball memory was ‘83. My mother was able to get me a replica White Sox uniform from the same company that supplied the White Sox. I still have it.
I also still have a couple of old seats from Comiskey that my dad obtained from the demolition company or someone from the neighborhood with connections. Haha! Having family in the area for over 100 years allowed for some helpful connections. Haha!
Not only would I like one on Wrigley, but could we get one on Tigers Stadium as well?
As a Cubs fan, i would love for you to cover the other Chicago parks.
Very well done, many games and concerts at Comiskey. Organist Nancy Faust once played Genesis Abacab for me! And Rush w/ Foghat was a great concert in 1979. Keep these videos coming!
Great video!
I visited Comiskey Park many times as a child in the 1980s. I remember the neighborhood being not so great back then. One time a cop saw me and my mom walking through the dark after a game and offered to give us a ride back to our car. I was stoked that I got to ride inside a police car without being arrested. :D
My friend and I visited Chicago in 1990 and we asked a policeman how to get to Comiskey Park. He said "you don't want to go there, it's in the South Side." I'd heard that before but we didn't have any problems.
I went to bat day about 1988 anyway said to my dad at our pregame tailgate in our party bus something makes me laugh to this day. I asked if he ever wondered if anyone was killed over at the railroad tracks across the parking lot. He never answered but we had a great time anyway watching Yankees and Mattingly in town and Jack Clark hit a center field home run for NY. July 2 1988 NBC Game of the Week
17th inning? That's a long game! 😉
I always sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" in the 17th inning
I had made it a goal to visit as many of the older baseball parks starting in the 1980’s. One of the parks I got to prior to demolition was Comiskey Park. As noted the sight lines were great and I enjoyed seeing a game there. It as sad to see it go but that is what was happening to a lot of older parks. The newer corporate owners wanted the latest additions like super boxes and added dining facilities to maximize the revenue they could from a ball park. At least we still have Wrigley field and the Red Sox’s ballpark to enjoy the old flavor of days gone by.
Can you make videos on forgotten racetracks and more forgotten sports stadiums
I highly recommend making a video of the Cubs. Interestingly, Wrigley Field is the last remnant of the 1914-1915 Federal League. Also interesting is how Wm Wrigley acquired the stadium.
I also recommend making a video of Bill Veeck . Very interesting guy.
I remember meeting Bill Veeck years ago , while I lived in Chicago. It was his idea to plant the ivy in Wrigley Field.
I went to a game in spring of 1983 when Kittle and Luzinski hit multiple homers on roof and Baines launched one into right field upper deck!
I remember seeing that game on TV. Kittle hit 7 of them over the roof in his career. That was no small feat. Dick Allen I believe once hit the speakers or Scoreboard in center back in 1972 or so
As a near-north sider Cubs fan, the only time I went to Comiskey was in June of '61 to see a pro wrestling championship bout between Pat O'Connor ( a native New Zealander ), & "Nature Boy" Buddy Roger's ( inventor of the inescapable "figure-four" leg hold ), along w/ over 38,600 other fans, a wrestling attendance record that would stand for a little over 20 years.
I do remember seeing Bill Veeck's exploding scoreboard on TV, w/ fireworks being shot off from it whenever a White Sox player hit a Homer.
Good memories ( glad I still have them).
Bears, Sox, and Cubs fan. I am a Chicago fan. I still love my home.
I been there a few times back in the 1980's. I remember back in 1983 it was July or August. That was a hot Summer indeed. So I end up there in the Yankees series. That place was packed and it was very loud. That series was a defining moment. I'm thinking the Yankees got swept. Fast Forward 16 years to 1999. The plat place New Comiskey Park was stale. To many seats. They eventually took out those seats. They played the Twins in that series. Afterwards I saw Big Frank at a restaurant. Someone wanted me while I was eating dinner to go say hi to Frank. I declined since I was a Cubs fan. Years later I would be working for the Cubs
Not a Chicago baseball fan but love the channel. Wrigley field would be a good one. A must
We need a new version of Disco Demolition Night.
I was in my second month of being an Andy Frain usher during Disco Demolition Night. There was a CLOUD of marijuana smoke in the air. We knew it was gonna be rowdy but....WOW! I was 16. By the time I graduated high school; I had worked many games at the park. Friday Nights were ALWAYS fun! The fights; the fireworks; you just knew Fridays at the barn were going to be fun
Tiger fan. I remember Disco Demolition Night on TV here in Detroit. They were going to show both games of the DH.
I was a child then, but I heard about it. I feel the event was very foolish. Why destroy disco recorrd, it's only music, some good music at that.
I watched them slowly tear the old park down. I still haven’t recovered.
+1 for the Wrigley field video 😎👍, it's in my backyard and would love to know the history! 🤓
Brings back a lot of memories. Being born just south of their. Good old Chicago Heights.
Another great one! Thanks for sharing!
there are so many terrific stories that center at Wrigley that the video needs to happen.
I miss old Comiskey so much had a lot of good memories and Good Times there
Went with my mom in 1967 to see the White Sox. I still remember approaching the big white main entrance wall, great!!
Great video! Yes definitely do Wrigley Field!
Awesome vid, I remember the old Palace very well & wish it was still around. Please make a vid on Wrigley Field, that would be great. ✌🏼
Great video. Brought back many memories. Thanks
55 and remember how much fun it was going to the games. It has changed but baseball is baseball. Miss Chitown!!
These videos are phenomenal!!!
Great video. I was up there visiting family in the summer of 1991 and have many pictures of the demolition, along with the new park being constructed.
Your Dad was 100% correct. When my Dad took us to San Diego Stadium & it's many names, me & my brother felt like we were going to Disneyland. We lived over 100 miles from the stadium but I remember seeing Willie Mc Covey & Dave Winfield hitting skyrocket HR's during batting practice, I was in complete awe. Than I got the news late about them demolishing Jack Murphy stadium. Sad, just the scoreboard was left & where we last sat was paved dirt.
I've been there once before in 2010 and I like the new stadium. And the old Comisky Park stadium was featured in John Hughes' 1991 Comedy-Drama movie, Only The Lonely with John Candy, Ally Sheedy, Maureen O'Hara, Jim Belushi, and Anthony Quinn. There's a scene where John Candy and Ally Sheedy are having a night picnic on the field
Big History fan here. Cubs fan also. Would love a Wrigley episode. Great channel, Thanks!
Chicago CUBS video 📸 love your ch. I been watching for long time..
Let's not forget about the Pat O'Connor vs Buddy Rogers wrestling match/event for the NWA World title back in '61.
Yes do a vid on Wrigley Field! As a child in the 60's I remember going to games and sitting on cement seats!
Tearing down that old stadium was an unspeakable crime.
Tearing down civic treasures is a Chicago tradition, you should know.
I loved Harry Carey, but by the 17th inning he was barely awake let alone coherently singing. He was a Bud Man and a Cub Fan! RIP Harry.
Not only do we need a Wrigley video, we need one of Chicago Stadium and Soldier Field
I went to a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers that final season.
In the 2nd game Nolan Ryan pitched, saw him warm up in rightfield throwing a football.
There was rain in the air and the 2nd game was delayed and most fans left but not me
I moved behind home plate in the upper deck and the foul balls straight back almost took my hands off.
What fantastic memories of Comiskey Park but it was ageing badly at the end.
I was at that game! The thing I remember most is hundreds of camera flashes going off when Ryan threw his first pitch 😄 (I think that was his last season?). I still have the game program with autographs from Greg Hibbard and Bobby Thigpen
@@jaymogrified yes ! i think it was the ryan express's last season.
@@motherloverjones6008 Nope. Ryan retired in '93
I was at Comiskey Park for disco demolition night..
We got to slide into 2nd base a couple times until somebody walked off with it...then we sang the national anthem will Bill Veeck
Wrigley Field, and Fenway Park are my favorite parks
me & Pop went once; Al Smith hit a HR, Billie Pierce pitched
The final year of Comiskey Park also saw a certain rookie make his debut. Frank Thomas
I was honored to have been able to see the White Sox and Yankees play in 1979.
Nancy Faust -- hadn't thought of her in decades. And not everyone knows that Harry Caray was a Sox announcer for a while. And I am glad you didn't mention announcer Jack Drees -- he could cure insomnia. Thanks for the video.
Yes! Harry Caray announced for the White Sox.
Nancy Faust retired some years ago thinking 2010 or so.
I love baseball history. That would be very interesting to me.
Cubs fan here! Love your comisky video would love a Wrigley video
Their is a Mariano's Food store near 39th and Union now. That area is called Bronzeville. I wonder if their a connection to the Browns baseball team on 39th st
I love your videos!!! I'm a huge fan of baseball and I would definitely LOVE to see you do a video on my favorite Chicago team, the Cubs and Wrigley Field!!!
Been to Comiskey Park twice, both times I sat in the upper deck. Felt like I was right on top of the field. Haven't been to GRF but it doesn't look like a priority.
Thanks so much for another great video. Would love to see a video on Wrigley Field. My favorite park.
Born and raised in Chicago. Family, friends and I, still, call it Comiskey Park or simply Comiskey regardless of what it's called now.
I believe I was 16 going on 17 the year Cominsky park was being torn down. ❤️ that old building.
@17:21, "Take Me out to the Ballgame in the 17th inning". LOL!
Disappointed that they just didn't renovate this beauty, especially since years later stadiums like Cleveland, Baltimore, Texas brought back the old school look.
absolutely 100% do a video on Wrigley Field!!!!
That's alright at least white Sox fan never blamed a fan for losing a playoff. Then auction off the ball just to be blown up!
Remember the incident and fall out quite well. But at least Chicagoans have a passion for the game which is largely absent in most American cities. Having attended ballgames in a number of them, the difference in fandom is palpable.
Some correction, when Chewing Gum Field was built, it was built as Weeghman Park. It wasn’t until 1927. In fact another Wrigley Field was actually built before Chewing Gum Field in Chicago was named Chewing Gum. That Wrigley Field also hosted the first MLB night game at Wrigley Field
Please make a video of Wrigley Field. It's worth your time as there are many Cubs fans out there who may not know the history of Wrigley Field. The videos you create are Great!!!
Your videos are awesome bro. Can you do one on the Brooklyn Ball Parks. The Dodgers played at 2 Washington Parks and Eastern Park in my neighborhood of Brownsville. They also played Sunday games across the border in Queens. Thanks for the history lessons.
I have that on my list, lets see how this video does first. Thanks for your support !
Do Memoroal Stadium that place was awesome in the 70s 80s and 90s. Now we have woke Oriole Park due ro Angekos jr. No cash allowed.
When New York, was New York, and baseball, not football, or worse, soccer, was America's pastime, New York City had three baseball teams.
@@LUIS-ox1bv Baseball is really damaged bu that clock. Its supposed to by its nature be timeless. Relaxing and a past time.