Less than a week prior, the Indians and Texas Rangers brawled at the Rangers’ Arlington Stadium for normal baseball reasons (hard slides, throwing at batters). However, new and interesting promos are always encouraged. 9 arrests. There was no limit to the amount of 10-ounce Stroh's beers one could buy for a dime each. 10-Cent Beer Night: ... Their idea was to have a helicopter drop $1,000 in cash onto the field and have kids run around and grab what they could. Back in 1974, the Cleveland Indians held a beer promotion during a game against the Texas Rangers. In their defense, they had held a nickel beer day in 1971, with no incidents. The promotion? The teams adjourn to Moscow for Game 5 on September 22. The thirsty throngs threw aside a picnic table as they stampeded for the trucks. Cleveland Stadium's '10 Cent Beer Night' Fiasco Was 40 Years Ago | Newsmax.com For a Major League baseball franchise starving for fans in 1974, 10-Cent Beer Night at Cleveland Municipal Stadium must have seemed like a really good idea at the time. Literally. Quite a lot, it turns out. Baseball and beer go hand-in-hand, so what could possibly go wrong? June 5, 2017 - Brett Taylor - Chicago Cubs. Nothing could possibly go wrong! THAT one was over hockey. "Nickel Beer Night" sounds better than "Ten-cent" or "Dime", which is probably why the misconception has propagated. There is the gun. To make Mad Elf you need really dark grains, cherries, and honey. Umpire Joe Brinkman and a bloodied fan were caught up in the mayhem of a promotion gone wrong. Roger McDowell will go down in major league history as the greatest prankster to step on the diamond. Typical episodes feature subjects from American history described by Anthony and commented on by Anthony and Reynolds. Growing up an Atlanta sports fan hasn't been quite that bad, but it's been damned close. 2. We've made it twice, once with amazing results, once with less than amazing results. Well, that’s not, in an of itself, an acceptable limiting premise for this. Dave ( talk ) 17:24, 17 February 2011 (UTC) I also found the first paragraph confusing, seeming to switch back and forth between the incidents in Texas and those in … 1977 Seattle Mariners - Volume 2 - The Originals - Continued Known more for his wife swap deal with former Yankee teammate Fritz Peterson, than for hi And the 1979 Disco Demolition Night riot, which was over baseball. I went to bed last night at 6:30 p.m. and stayed there for 12.5 hours. What could possibly go wrong? Celebrating 10-Cent Beer Night in photos. Ten Cent Beer Night. Today I’ll going to address some of those questions, FAQ-style. How about harshing on Cleveland fans for 10 cent beer night or the disco demolition game in Chicago? That was a soccer riot. The Beeze family welcomed our 3rd child into the world December 14, 2010...And she's perfect! Flagging attendance was a major problem that year, and this had been one of the bright ideas to fix it. There were over 25,000 fans in attendance that night. Umpire Joe Brinkman and a bloodied fan were caught up in the mayhem of a promotion gone wrong. (AP) Tuesday marks the 39th anniversary of one of the more colorful — or dubious, depending on your (in)take — events in baseball history: the 10-Cent Beer Night Riot. A disconsolate Alan Eagleson asks long-time Toronto sports columnist Trent Frayne (who had missed the first half of the series because he was in Munich covering the Olympics) what he thought of the game. August 4th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^ The owner of the Indians couldn't stand too look out and see all the empty seats and some brilliant promotions guy came up with ten cent beer night. 60,000 Genesee beers at 10¢ each. Why, the only event that might surpass 1979’s Disco Demolition may well be the Cleveland Indians’ 10 cent beer night. On June 4, 1974, the Cleveland Indians held "Ten Cent Beer Night." The club intended to offer as much eight-ounce Stroh's beer as fans could drink—and for only 10 cents a pop. Now some background from before the Indians played the Texas Rangers that night. The Dollop. Due to the promotion and the bad blood, Cleveland Stadium was packed with 25,000 people, which more than doubled the average. 7 emergency room injuries. Hilarity immediately ensued. Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium on Tuesday, June 4, 1974.. Posted by The Beeze (aka: Tim McNeeley) at 1:12 PM 1 comment: Labels: Baby , life , The Beeze. 0. Fans rioted on 10-cent beer night at Cleveland Stadium in 1974. It's kind of annoying. Ever heard of the Nika Riots, in 532 AD? Letting fans get their brew straight from beer trucks turned out to be a mistake. The club intended to offer as much eight-ounce Stroh's beer as fans could drink—and for only 10 cents a pop. The great financial 10 cent beer night experiment started in 2008-2009 with the advent of quantitative easing, zero interest rates in the U.S., and even negative interest rates overseas. Readers have sent me some interesting questions in recent weeks. Mom and baby are well... Later, The Beeze. The final tally, 40 years ago this evening: 25,134 fans in attendance. The promotion drew a crowd of 25,000 people--about three times what the Indians were usually drawing in 1974. How Quickly Baseball Spins You Around, Heyward’s Baserunning, and Other Bullets. There is the round. ESPN. Calling the doc today. Just over a month later the Indians held another, but this time a 2 beers/purchase limit was tacked onto the end of the deal. From Wikipedia: "Ten Cent Beer Night was an ill-fated promotion held by the American League's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium on June 4, 1974. 2 bare moons. T-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more, designed and sold by independent artists around the world. Crain’s Chicago Business’ Danny Ecker reports that Chicago’s basketball and hockey franchises intend to streamine beer sales with the above […] Fans could buy beer for only 10 cents each (regularly 65 cents back then), with a limit of six beers per purchase. Date June 4, 1974 Time Evening Location Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio Cause Fan animosity from previous game combine ... Participants Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers base ... 5 more rows ... And it worked, on June 4th, 25,134 people bought tickets, triple normal crowd on regular priced beer night. When the Eagles won the Super Bowl in February, Bud Light helped tackle Lane Johnson make good on a vow to give fans free beer by stocking bars … These guys do sure laugh a whole lot at each others jokes though. 10 Cent Beer Night. Well it’s been a while (i.e., here and here) since I checked in on Inland Seas, the Quarterly Journal of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, an interesting cross between an academic journal and a popular magazine dating to 1945. So that June night, more than 25,000 people came to the Indians game, when the Tribe was averaging around 8000 per game. But here’s the kicker: it wasn’t even the last 10-cent beer night for the Indians … that season! ... Alcohol, violent imagery, alcohol – what could possibly go wrong? One of many drunk streakers on 10 Cent Beer Night. topper009 9 years ago ... 1994-97 for Hundley, and 1955-58 for Berra. In the annals of What Could Possibly Go Wrong, 10 cent beer night is up there pretty high, but our current financial markets are close behind. Another factor was that the beer had only 3.2 % alcohol content, but, needless to say, if you have quite a few, you could still get drunk. ... Alcohol, violent imagery, alcohol – what could possibly go wrong? I was about to be introduced to the Bible Belt. Remember the Indians’ 10-Cent Beer Night Fiasco? posted by furiousxgeorge at 6:16 PM on June 4, 2009 [ 3 favorites ] OK, this is a double. Did you feel that this was a real disaster that was averted or do you think that 10-cent beer night in Cleveland was a much worse idea? The initial results could not have been more promising. 10 Cent Beer Night, at the time, seemed like a logical way to draw more fans in. DAHL: Well, I know nobody got hurt at Comiskey Park. The Indians staged a promotion, 10-cent beer night (drinking age was 18 in Ohio). Or, how about the 1909 Scottish Cup Final? See more ideas about far away, snow cones, swerve. What could possibly go wrong. Remember that Tuesdays are dollar dog night, but also that we discontinued 10 cent beer night 40 years ago, given the results. I would also like to remind everyone to try to lay off high fastballs, keep your stick on the ice, and stay tuned to this channel for further fascinating discussions of all kinds. When more benign promotional schemes had failed, the club brass decided to present “10-Cent Beer Night” as a way to draw fans. From The “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” Dept : Beer-Serving Robots Coming To Bulls, Blackhawks Postseason 4/17/2015 4/17/2015 1 Comment. Entertainment was 10 cent beer night at La Casita, or sneaking into Joe’s Ringside, the strip joint with the clever girl who could launch ping-pong balls into the crowd, or eating greasy fries at 2 am at The State Cafe. I think for a while, most likely most of this year if not more, we’re going to be wearing masks. “You can breathe on it the wrong way, and it will be completely off,” Rodriguez told Insider. [01:22:44] There's one in five apparently in Oakland where it was like novelty ball night, like they'd give you a ball when you walked in and then everybody throws them on the field like 50000 balls on the field, which like rice. Baseball lives and dies with its promos. Posted on October 12, 2019. by Jim Bouldin. You forgot "10 cent beer night. The Brewers had "10 cent beer" night in 1971 and the Indians in 1974. Another clone of a favorite beer or ours was Mad Elf. 50 cops. At some point Indians fans rushed onto the field and attacked Ranger outfielder Jeff … For a frame of reference, a red solo cup can hold about 12 ounces of beer, so the cups they were giving out were just shy of being the same size. What could possibly go wrong? The usual price for a beer was 65 cents. In their defense, they had held a nickel beer day in 1971, with no incidents. By the start of the game, the stands were already loaded. They drew 41,000 fans to the park for that one, but there was no riot because, unlike the case on June 4, fans were limited to two ten cent beers and the staff kept a close watch on folks to make sure they didn’t cheat. June 5, 2017 - Brett Taylor - Chicago Cubs. Gallon O' Thunderbird: Because 10 cent beer night is too expensive. It's a long list and it's all very sad and I sometimes have to fight the urge to give a consoling hug to any stranger I see wearing a Cleveland team's regalia out in public. 10 cent beer night episode is pretty good. Forty years ago, the Indians forfeited a game because their fans were too wasted. Umpire Joe Brinkman restrains an injured fan on 10-Cent Beer Night. A mistake by the lake: Remembering the 10-cent Beer Night riot. Nice Schlitz ad from 1960, Bob. The only real rival to 10-Cent Beer Night and, perhaps not coincidentally, a product of the same decade. The June 4, 1974, night game between the Texas Rangers and the Cleveland Indians was one for the record books. Stadium management wisely (that is a joke… we are kidding) limited fans to only 6 beers per trip to the vendor. While there, they enjoyed 10 cent beer. The Indians at the time were owned by Ted Bonda, and the Rangers had recently had a successful 10-cent beer night. This is a look back on one of the worst marketing campaigns in history: Ten Cent Beer Night. 18 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped (Part 9) As we've demonstrated many times before in our most popular feature on Cracked, the forces of the universe love the sound of people shouting "Fake!" Courtesy of YouTube. Even after social distancing goes away, masks might stick for a bit. Held by the Chicago White Sox in the summer of … The Dollop is a podcast hosted since April 2014 by American comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds. It has been nearly 13 years since the most recent forfeit in a … Baseball and beer go hand-in-hand, so what could possibly go wrong? Cherries and Honey. Reply. Most franchises do bobble-head giveaways, free t-shirt nights, Elvis night, bring your dog to the park night, etc. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. The kid could become confused and the dad could explain it in great detail and help him put it back together. Many of them have been about the state of the uni-verse once the sports world returns to action, and a few have been about me. On June 4, 1974, the Cleveland Indians held "Ten Cent Beer Night." That’ll probably work, right. Mini rant warning The motor/industrial age gave this country a leg up on the rest of the world. What could possibly go wrong? Log in or register to post comments; In reply to Ten cent beer nights on the by M-Dog. Plus, with all of the ridiculous beer throwing by the Mexican fans at the Meadowlands last week, well it reminded me on the Dawg pound throwing batteries at Elway, 10 cent beer night in Cleveland and many many other pleasant baseball and American football evenings. Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball 's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium on Tuesday, June 4, 1974. The idea behind the promotion was to attract more fans to the game by offering 12 fluid ounce (355 ml) cups of 3.2% beer for just 10 cents each,... Braxton Miller...Miller had an excellent game both rushing and passing...The Eagles found themselves down 21-7, but battled back, by … You offer them 10 cent beer. One of these days I need to seriously sit down and go over all of the things that The Dollop podcast got egregiously wrong on their Ten Cent Beer Night episode just so I can do a copypasta when necessary. contest against league rival Texas Rangers was “10¢ Beer Night.” What could possibly go wrong? The usual price for a beer was 65 cents. By Andrew J. Pridgen. But this book too often feels mo Have to admit to being a bit underwhelmed by "Big Hair & Plastic Grass." How could that go wrong? Needless to say, the fans got rowdy. As I said last week in regards to Disco Demolition Night, what could possibly go wrong? What event planners did not consider was that the two teams had been involved in a brawl at the Rangers’ home field less than a week prior to 10 Cent Beer Night . People (overall) today are a lot more stupid and immature now than they were then, as we all know. Those cans show these two like a good beer buzz. Despite setting a per-purchase limit of six beers, the powers-that-be misjudged the drinking power of Cleveland faithful, and their failure to limit the number of purchases for the evening had infamous consequences. On a beautiful June night in Cleveland in 1974, over 25,000 fans came out to the ballpark to watch the Indians play the Texas Rangers in a major league baseball game.. The idea behind the promotion was to offer as many eight-ounce cups of Stroh's beer as the fans could drink for just ten cents apiece, thus increasing ticket sales. Browns finish practice on Day 1 of mini camp in Berea. In 1952, it caught fire for the ninth time. What else could go wrong for this team? Earnest Byner, The Drive, 10-Cent Beer Night, The Decision, etc. Open thread today. Well, plenty. 10 Cent Beer Night. The most infamous event at Comiskey Park was Disco Demolition Night, and was one of the craziest events in baseball, along with 10-Cent-Beer Night in Cleveland. Dave Brandon should introduce the 10-cent beer night promo for the next Big House night game. You can check out part one of the story on … And Epstein does hit all the touchstones of 70's baseball (10-Cent Beer Night, the White Sox in short pants, the Bronx Zoo, Dock on acid, Bird Fidrych, etc.) However, the Indians came up with a promotion for the game to boost ticket sales: 10-ounce cups of beer for 10 cents, maximum 6 cups at a time. I mean what could possibly go wrong? Dan Coughlin recalls the Indians' famous Ten-Cent Beer Night. There’s something about the feel of a book: the solidity of the binding, the sequence of the lax leafy pages, and symmetry of the glossy cover – the basic organization. Easier to swallow is that the Cleveland Indians sponsorship team proposed a 10 cent beer night for a game against the Texas Rangers on a Tuesday night in June 1974. Who could possibly have seen this coming, but everyone got so shit-faced that the game had to be called off. Ten Cent Beer Night. What bubble basketball has proven is that the Mavs can go 2-on-2 with just about anyone. Here is the pictorial history. As Indians players walked off the field following the brawl, Rangers fans chucked beer a… It As I said last week in regards to Disco Demolition Night, what could possibly go wrong? 22. …Then Go From Bad to Worse. Well, it worked. When more benign promotional schemes had failed, the club brass decided to present “10-Cent Beer Night” as a way to draw fans. ... throw in some stuff that probably shouldn't even go in beer. Methinks this evolving scenario cries out for a Ten Cent Beer Night. Hayden Grove is taking your thoughts, comments and questions now! A lot of different considerations go into firing this weapon. What could possibly go wrong? I mean, it's funny but not that … Stroh’s Beer held a promotion for that night’s Indians game against the Rangers: 10-cent beer night. He is most famed (along with being Seinfeld’s second spitter) for being the guy who could skillfully wrap a wad of chewing gum around a cigarette, then secretly place the contraption on the heels of unsuspecting teammates and light ‘em up. at their computer screens, and photographers love to capture the proof. The Gyro sandwich however, was a late-night, after-the-bars-closed, 10-cent-beer-night induced decision. Each episode centers around an event or person from history selected for its humorousness or peculiarity. Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium on Tuesday, June 4, 1974. How dark things looked on Thursday, … They placed essentially one limit on this promotion: you could purchase, at most, six beers at one time (the regular price for a beer was 65 cents). In this special two-hour episode of the show, co-host Julian Mitchell kicks things off by inviting Sophie Sagan, co-host of The Undercurrent, onto the show to wrap up part two of the 10 cent beer night in Cleveland story. The Indians’ bright idea was to offer as many 8-ounce Stroh’s beers as fans could drink—at the incredibly low price of a dime each. The Army Combat Fitness Test is comprised of the deadlift, standing power throw, hand release push-up, sprint-drag-carry, leg tuck, and 2-mile run. Something went wrong when we primed it, and the beer was flatter than something that's really flat. Promotions involving local sports teams and beer are not unprecedented in Cleveland, of course. Possibly. By all means disband the capacity and resources and hand them to China as fast as you can. Zunino pulls an oblique before game one and then Cruz falls down the dugout steps in game two. Page 2: Remembering 10-Cent Beer Night - ESPN Page 2. Yes, this not only exists in 2016, but fans actually find flaws with it. A “10-Cent Beer Night” would be far more catastrophic now than 45 years ago. Of course, both of those brilliant publicity stunts resulted in home team forfeits. What could possibly go wrong? Gimme a crazy throwback like 10 cent beer night. 12:15: ... Was so long ago Mickey Mantle was still playing. Third, the Indians had actually done a Nickel Beer Day in 1971 that went over swimmingly. RELATED: How the “Black Sox Scandal” Changed Baseball Forever It’s Tuesday, June 4, 1974. 19 streakers. Mr. Meier shares his experience from 43 years ago this evening, and what follows is his direct recollection of the game from the stands, both hilarious and shameful to baseball. Any rumination on Cleveland's fortunes in the '70s must include the woeful state of the Cuyahoga River, which ran a winding course through downtown. Jun 16, 2021 - shopping carts skidding sliding swerving in the snow... peel donuts around snow cones... 2 two too late to tew too turn around?. MGoPoints: 2529. Joined: 12/11/2011. What could possibly go wrong? The Indians’ bright idea was to offer as many 8-ounce Stroh’s beers as fans could drink—at the incredibly low price of a dime each. That was over chariot racing. The Soviets win again to take a stranglehold on the series. Updated: June 4, 2008, 12:56 PM ET. Mortar crews can set it to burst in the air, explode on impact, or detonate a few seconds after impact, giving it the ability to penetrate a bunker. There was the Richard Riot, in Montreal, 1955. One that I made from that night on, as often as I could! How dark things looked on Thursday, … High quality Drive Tribe-inspired gifts and merchandise. What could possibly go wrong? But in 1974, the city of Cleveland took it to the next level with Ten Cent Beer Night. It’s early. Oh well. Which, sure. One of them was the 10 cent beer night. Ten Cent Beer Night has been much written about over the years so most of you probably know the broad details of it all. What do you think of Budweiser’s stunt, PR Daily readers? Quite a lot, it turns out Quite a lot, it turns out This is a look back on one of the worst marketing campaigns in history: Ten Cent Beer Night . You asked how much can an average person drink. Postscript: Five nights later the two teams played again, this time in Cleveland. Hey, what could possibly go wrong? (AP) Tuesday marks the … If you have the same luck we do, there's only a 40% chance whatever you come up with will suck! I won't talk about it much because there could be an entire thread on Disco Demolition Night but I'd read up on it if you aren't familiar with it Ten Cent Beer Night is an occasion that has fallen into baseball lore, and created results that live in the annals of baseball infamy, and comedy. The one in Milwaukee saw people drunk in the parking lots and the police … There was the 10 cent beer night in 1974, that was baseball. In June 1974, the hapless Indians held 10-Cent Beer Night. mgoblue911. What could possibly go wrong with a dozen beers for a buck twenty? On June 4, 1974 the Cleveland Indians held the most short-sighted promotion in pro sports history: Ten-Cent Beer Night. The second time, we forgot the honey, and the lack of honey turned up the suck quite a bit. Remember the Indians’ 10-Cent Beer Night Fiasco? For the record, 10 Cent Beer Night was a half-assed attempt by the Indians organization to fill some of the empty seats at Cleveland Stadium by offering 12 oz cups of beer for, you guessed it, just 10 cents each (regular 1974 prices for beer was at 65 cents) with a … All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. It’s pretty straightforward: the 1974 Indians were a pretty miserable squad. So the Indians tried to drum up business with a "10-Cent Beer Night" promotion. How Quickly Baseball Spins You Around, Heyward’s Baserunning, and Other Bullets. But the title game wasn't easy, as they went up against a good Wayne team, lead by their Quarterback, Ohio State recruit, 6'3" 200lb. It doesn’t take a crystal ball to predict mass shootings, at all. As it happened, the Indians had planned a “ten cent beer night” of their own for that night. CLEVELAND, Ohio — Beer-fueled fans rushed the field in the ninth inning, halting a … But before the anniversary disappears in the rear-view mirror, a musical tribute to Ten Cent Beer Night.For those of you who can’t watch video, a sober narrative. 2 bouncing breasts and 1 sportswriter, punched in the jaw. Indians’ Milt Wilcox threw at Rangers’ Lenny Randle for his hard slide earlier into Jack Brohame. Known forevermore as Ten Cent Beer Night, the epic night stands as a reminder that some things can only happen in Cleveland. yeah great idea The best part: THE INDIANS HELD A SECOND TEN CENT BEER NIGHT ONE MONTH LATER!
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