The Fall of Chicago’s Comiskey Park | “Na Na Na Na, Hay Hay Hay, Goodbye”

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Uncover the captivating history of Chicago's baseball legacy in this thrilling documentary. From the forgotten Chicago's Lost White Sox Park to the iconic Comiskey Park, witness the evolution of stadiums and the rise of legendary figures like Charles Comiskey and Bill Veeck. Explore the scandals, triumphs, and unforgettable moments that shaped Comiskey Park's legacy, including the infamous Black Sox Scandal and Disco Demolition Night. Immerse yourself in the grand openings, expansion, and transformation of Comiskey Park, and discover the remnants of the old stadium while embracing the dawn of a new era at Guaranteed Rate Field. This journey through time offers an intimate glimpse into the heart and soul of baseball history in the Windy City.
Chapters:
00:00 - Chicago’s Lost White Sox Park
00:45 - The History of Chicago’s Lost South Side Park
02:46 - The life of Charles Comiskey
04:15 - Why the White Sox Left South Side Park
05:18 - The design and construction of old Comiskey Park
06:50 - The Grand opening of Comiskey Park
08:23 - How Comiskey Park changed Bridgeport Chicago
09:20 - The Black Sox Scandal
10:22 - The expansion of Comiskey Park
12:08 - Comiskey Park’s history as a football stadium
12:20 - The death of Charles Comiskey and the change in Comiskey Park ownership
12:47 - Comiskey Park’s first-night game in 1939
13:05 - How Grace Comiskey became history’s second female baseball league owner.
14:26 - Comiskey Park, under the ownership of Bill Veeck
15:11 - Comiskey Park’s famous “exploding scoreboard.”
16:44 - The return of Bill Veeck and the golden era of Comiskey Park
17:36 - Comiskey Park’s Disco Demolition Night
18:30 - The decision to demolish Comiskey Park
18:58 - Comiskey Park’s final year and “na na na na, hay hay hay, goodbye”
19:30 - Introducing the new Comiskey Park - Guaranteed Rate Field
21:04 - What remains of the old Comiskey Park (discovering remnants)
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@Philtration Год назад

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.

@rogerpenske2411 Год назад

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

@3rdFloorblog Год назад

...and the Chicago gone to Hell.

@merccadoosis8847 Год назад

@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.

@jcngokai-76 Год назад

@@merccadoosis8847 Metrodome not withstanding, which was quite awkward for baseball, I miss the old Commisky Park and Yankee Stadium, especially the former

@kevinmiller6380 Год назад

@@merccadoosis8847 Did you ever get to visit Ebbets Field?

@billscott356 Год назад

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!

@Backroad_Junkie Год назад

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...

@Philtration Год назад

I was there brother!

@RichB0330 Год назад

Insane Coho Lips

@stringlarson1247 Год назад

HA. That was great!

@uhlijohn Год назад

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.

@michaeliannotti3922 Год назад

“Ballparks are a place to forget about reality for a while” - ^This guys father ⚾️👏🏼❤👏🏼⚾️

@brucebasile5083 Год назад

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.

@Guspech750 Год назад

I saw my first MLB game at Comiskey Park in 1983. It’s what made me a White Sox fan.

@JamesHarmony Год назад

1976 for me! Great ballpark

@user-te6je9kh4f Год назад

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

@porcine83 2 месяца назад

" It’s what made me a White Sox fan" admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery, good for you!

@bigj200016 Год назад

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.

@josephpetrick6269 Год назад

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.

@LUIS-ox1bv Год назад

I wish folks behind these videos would get the unique Chicagoisms correct.

@volt8ge Год назад

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.

@timofeegraaay8165 Год назад

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.

@mrg8581 Год назад

Chicago has been a cesspool ever since.

@jimoconnor6382 Год назад

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

@user-te6je9kh4f Год назад

I remember watching a game where Reggie was playing right at Comiskey and people threw all kinds of things onto the field at him

@b1646717 Год назад

"Take me out to the ballgame" would be less well known if it was only played during the 17th inning.

@basshorseman998 Год назад

THANK YOU....I wanted to see if I was the only one who heard that

@gr8laboy Год назад

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.

@markgreen5000 Год назад

C'mon Socash, really 17th inning?

@srellison561 Год назад

@@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.

@ProfessorEchoMedia Год назад

@@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.

@littlesquirtthefireengine5478 Год назад

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

@howie9751 Год назад

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.

@user-te6je9kh4f Год назад

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

@Scottocaster6668 Год назад

"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 👍.

@danielrice7234 5 месяцев назад

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!

@luisreyes1963 Месяц назад

I fear that the future Bears stadium to be built near Soldier Field will also be having a soulless corporate name tacked on.

@JasonMcCord-qk3yb Год назад

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……

@brunoskorniak9722 Год назад

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.

@tonywestvirginia Год назад

Go Cubs!!!

@dansprank8979 Год назад

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.

@georgesouthwick7000 Год назад

The same thing that happened to Comisky Park happened to every other old ballpark with the exception of Fenway and Wrigley.

@joeroad6618 Год назад

Back when owners paid for their own stadiums! would love to see a wrigley episode!

@Frank00 Год назад

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

@el4174 Год назад

I've got an old brick from Comiskey ...layers of paint on one side really highlights the age

@MichaelBradley1967 Год назад

"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.

@TipzNexAstrum Год назад

I think he's trolling us a bit.

@LUIS-ox1bv Год назад

I remember them both very well.

@afvet5075 Год назад

I was honored to have been able to see the White Sox and Yankees play in 1979.

@Macarena22279 Год назад

Shower in the outfield seats made me a fan for life

@ronalddevine9587 Год назад

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.

@caseyflorida Год назад

Agree! Fenway Park opened in 1912 and is still in use by the Boston Red Sox!

@pudgieification 26 дней назад

No one want to see the cubs🖕

@johng5710 Год назад

If Haray Caray had to wait 17 innings to sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame, he would be passed out drunk by then

@mdf3530 Год назад

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.

@bigben9337 Год назад

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.

@MrSleepy677 Год назад

Wrigley was originally built for another team, The Chicago Whales.

@LUIS-ox1bv Год назад

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.

@ronaldstubbs9450 8 месяцев назад

No Wrigley didn't have a better national standing than Comiskey.

@ronaldstubbs9450 8 месяцев назад

As a lifelong Sox fan, I've went Comiskey many times during the 1970's and 1980's. Miss that great grand ballpark

@polish_sniper_f1332 Год назад

It's still and always will be Comiskey Park

@Backroad_Junkie Год назад

And the Sears Tower and Lake Shore Drive! 😁

@uhlijohn Год назад

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!

@chrisbraun2789 Год назад

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.

@genoaoak Год назад

Bill Veeck did not hire Nancy Faust, she started in 1970 or 71, while Arthur Allyn still owned the team.

@michaelleroy9281 7 месяцев назад

Arthur Allyn did not own the team in 1970 in September 1969 he sold the team to his brother John

@richardszablewski1420 7 месяцев назад

I am glad I found this channel. Being a Chicago White Sox fan since 1960. Thanks.

@stevenhickey326 Год назад

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.

@ryanjedrzejas Год назад

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.

@thebeardbeastx Год назад

What a beautiful park. Miss the old parks with such history. Wish i got to see a game here

@stanleyshostak2737 Год назад

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.

@blacksunshine1089 Год назад

At that point, it was tied with Detroit’s Tiger Stadium as both stadiums opened the same day in 1912.

@richardpape5546 3 месяца назад

People don't realize how close Fenway Park came to being demolished. They has the plans drawn up and the location.

@paulieprinceton4550 Год назад

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!

@FrankieJ1981 Год назад

I luv the look of the old ballparks, I luved watching tigers games when they were on TV in my area

@jerryforeman4543 Год назад

Another great one! Thanks for sharing!

@MikeP2055 Год назад

17th inning? That's a long game! 😉

@MrLaneSir Год назад

Hello Mr Socash, great job documenting Old Comiskey park. Please do Wrigley Field. I was there back in 2012 prior to their renovations and Championship in 2016. It’s one of the best ballparks in 🇺🇸 ⚾️. Never been to Fenway Park but been to Dodger Stadium when is the 2nd oldest ballpark in the National League. Looking forward to that video. Keep up the great work.

@conorcuomo4283 Год назад

I work I worked there back early 2000 I was they went Bart cost the game

@C4Sdriver1 Год назад

Great video. Brought back many memories. Thanks

@glenmurschel5939 Год назад

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!

@michaelfluno Год назад

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.

@darrelllovett4722 Год назад

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

@TurtleDude05 Год назад

As a Cubs fan, i would love for you to cover the other Chicago parks.

@cowbizzle9677 Год назад

These videos are phenomenal!!!

@7viewerlogic670 Год назад

Great video!

@donjuan2421 Год назад

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

@skeletor9121 Год назад

Or the Old Riverview amusement park.

@scottr5775 Год назад

Old Chicago!

@scottr5775 Год назад

South of I55 on ILLINOIS 53

@teddtarr Год назад

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).

@johnkufeldt3564 Год назад

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.

@johnchambers8528 Год назад

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.

@user-nq6cc7gt6z Год назад

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.

@LUIS-ox1bv Год назад

I remember meeting Bill Veeck years ago , while I lived in Chicago. It was his idea to plant the ivy in Wrigley Field.

@hiramlewis3873 Год назад

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

@claudiamann7111 Год назад

Thanks so much for another great video. Would love to see a video on Wrigley Field. My favorite park.

@rmpunk99 Год назад

Great video! Yes definitely do Wrigley Field!

@manuelramos3588 Год назад

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. ✌🏼

@izzysvids Год назад

Big History fan here. Cubs fan also. Would love a Wrigley episode. Great channel, Thanks!

@paulazemeckis7835 Год назад

Yes do a vid on Wrigley Field! As a child in the 60's I remember going to games and sitting on cement seats!

@gersonhay984 Год назад

Brings back a lot of memories. Being born just south of their. Good old Chicago Heights.

@cassidybb10 Год назад

Enjoyed the video!

@Daryl-S Год назад

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!

@user-te6je9kh4f Год назад

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

@ChristiesThisnThat Год назад

I love all of your videos - and please do one on Wrigley Field!

@ChristopherZavalaVlogs Год назад

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

@syrett4 Год назад

Tiger fan. I remember Disco Demolition Night on TV here in Detroit. They were going to show both games of the DH.

@cocoaorange1 4 месяца назад

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.

@CaptianMac Год назад

Not only would I like one on Wrigley, but could we get one on Tigers Stadium as well?

@phils2891 10 месяцев назад

Not a Chicago baseball fan but love the channel. Wrigley field would be a good one. A must

@Michael-nf1ej Год назад

Went with my mom in 1967 to see the White Sox. I still remember approaching the big white main entrance wall, great!!

@richardrodriguez3575 Год назад

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.

@lazalacarlosable Год назад

I miss old Comiskey so much had a lot of good memories and Good Times there

@senrab99 Год назад

Bears, Sox, and Cubs fan. I am a Chicago fan. I still love my home.

@shadytnu24 Год назад

there are so many terrific stories that center at Wrigley that the video needs to happen.

@MayhemAndGridlock Год назад

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!!!

@jamesritacco1693 2 месяца назад

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.

@alkohalak8199 Год назад

We need a new version of Disco Demolition Night.

@Etannl Год назад

I watched them slowly tear the old park down. I still haven’t recovered.

@Ijustwannafishalways Год назад

55 and remember how much fun it was going to the games. It has changed but baseball is baseball. Miss Chitown!!

@BUGSYGz Год назад

Chicago CUBS video 📸 love your ch. I been watching for long time..

@chrisoller3097 Год назад

I love baseball history. That would be very interesting to me.

@marccaruso9789 Месяц назад

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

@motherloverjones6008 Год назад

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.

@jaymogrified Год назад

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

@motherloverjones6008 Год назад

@@jaymogrified yes ! i think it was the ryan express's last season.

@OneWiseGuy Год назад

Can you make videos on forgotten racetracks and more forgotten sports stadiums

@patrickobrien8060 Год назад

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.

@LUIS-ox1bv Год назад

Yes! Harry Caray announced for the White Sox.

@user-te6je9kh4f Год назад

Nancy Faust retired some years ago thinking 2010 or so.

@NRGFLOGaming Год назад

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!!!

@user-ro9td6dy4q 2 месяца назад

Cubs fan here! Love your comisky video would love a Wrigley video

@rose415 Год назад

great vid, yes on Wrigley ty

@Navet63 Год назад

@17:21, "Take Me out to the Ballgame in the 17th inning". LOL!

@geraldframinghammer2626 Год назад

I always sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" in the 17th inning

@edveselskyjr9863 10 месяцев назад

Definitely!

@DUARTE99 Год назад

Let's not forget about the Pat O'Connor vs Buddy Rogers wrestling match/event for the NWA World title back in '61.

@howie9751 Год назад

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.

@Sh00terMcGavinXL 2 месяца назад

Wrigley Field, and Fenway Park are my favorite parks

@brianpower3159 Год назад

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.

@ITSHISTORY Год назад

I have that on my list, lets see how this video does first. Thanks for your support !

@cjones3710 Год назад

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.

@LUIS-ox1bv Год назад

When New York, was New York, and baseball, not football, or worse, soccer, was America's pastime, New York City had three baseball teams.

@cjones3710 Год назад

@@LUIS-ox1bv Baseball is really damaged bu that clock. Its supposed to by its nature be timeless. Relaxing and a past time.

@lorenzobeckmann3736 Месяц назад

me & Pop went once; Al Smith hit a HR, Billie Pierce pitched

@lupeayala3125 Год назад

Born and raised in Chicago. Family, friends and I, still, call it Comiskey Park or simply Comiskey regardless of what it's called now.

@Harrja Год назад

Not only do we need a Wrigley video, we need one of Chicago Stadium and Soldier Field

@smurphikins Год назад

Yes please do Wrigley Field. Lifelong Cubs fan since the 1980s. I like the White Sox, but I LOVE the Cubs

@Ben-bb7mi 4 месяца назад

The final year of Comiskey Park also saw a certain rookie make his debut. Frank Thomas

@davidguardado3164 Год назад

I have been White Sox fan since I was a little boy. Now I’m 55and still White Sox fan until I die. The old Comiskey park was place my mother when to cheer for the Sox’s. I truly miss the old stadium. Do the Wrigley Field for the North sides. Love to know anything about it.

@michaeldipietro5010 Год назад

I'm an Orioles fan. The one thing I don't want to see go when the Angelos sells the team is Oriole Park at Camden Yards. That has a better ring to it than some corporate label slapped on it. Sure, that name generates money, but it takes the spirit out of going to the games. Anyway, great video. The one memory that I do recall from the old Comiskey Park demolition was some lucky person could have the scoreboard if they had a means to haul it away. This season has been rough sledding. Hopefully things can smooth out. I'm not privy in knowing about your minor leagues. There's so much happening with the Orioles it can make one's head spin.